Best Leo Tolstoy Quotes
- A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul. Dear
- Vegetarianism serves as the criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of humanity is genuine and sincere. Criteria
- Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars Christianity
- Not all of life's roads are set fast, for a man may do this or a man may do that and not even the gods… All
- The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite… Agnosticism
- And the cause of everything is that which we call God. Agnosticism
- Why should I live? Why should I do anything? Is there in life any purpose which the inevitable death that awaits me does not undo… Any
- 'Thou shalt not kill' does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings and this commandment was inscribed in… All
- If once we admit, be it for a single hour or in a single instance, that there can be anything more important than compassion for… Admit
- When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull… Coffin
- Some mathematician, I believe, has said that true pleasure lies not in the discovery of truth, but in the search for it. Believe
- The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep… Befog
- The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery. Astute
- Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as that written in his heart? Any
- The artist's mission must not be to produce an irrefutable solution to a problem, but to compel us to love life in all its countless… All
- But the peasants - how do the peasants die? Death
- The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry… All
- Conceit is incompatible with understanding. Conceit
- It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in our own hearts… Animal
- Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… Aim
- [D]iscipline consists in this, that the men who undergo the instruction and have followed it for a certain time are completely deprived of everything which… Anti War
- One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen. Dip
- I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. Anyone
- Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it… Drama
- The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher. Best
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