“There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent” — Leo Tolstoy Goodness Copy Share Image
“My life seemed so wretched, the future so hopeless, the past so black!” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Lay me down like a stone oh God, and raise me up like a new bread". — Leo Tolstoy Bread Copy Share Image
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. — Leo Tolstoy Crime Copy Share Image
“In order not to give myself up to the desire to kill him on the spot, I felt compelled to treat him… — leo tolstoy Copy Share Image
He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people identify as God what is not God. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The feelings resembled memories; but memories of what? Apparently one can remember things that have never happened.” — Leo Tolstoy Future memories Copy Share Image
“Send anyone who preaches war to a special frontline legion -into the assault, into the attack, ahead of everyone.” — Leo Tolstoy War Copy Share Image
There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before... — Leo Tolstoy Today Copy Share Image
Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy Family Copy Share Image
“Chance created the situation; genius utilized it,” says history. But what is chance? What is genius? The words chance and genius do… — Leo Tolstoy Chance Copy Share Image
“He disliked contradiction, and still more, arguments that were continually skipping from one thing to another, introducing new and disconnected points, so… — Leo Tolstoy Argument Copy Share Image
He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by… — Leo Tolstoy Heart Copy Share Image
Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as… — Leo Tolstoy Ambition Copy Share Image
“(In the Soviet Union, it was forbidden to celebrate Christmas. In order to keep the much beloved custom of the Christmas Tree—and… — Leo Tolstoy Christmas Copy Share Image
“Napoleon, the man of genius, did this! But to say that he destroyed his army because he wished to, or because he… — Leo Tolstoy Napoleon Copy Share Image
Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He had heard that women often did care for ugly and ordinary men, but he did not believe it, for he judged… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Oh, it's awful! oh dear, oh dear! awful!" Stepan Arkadyevitch kept repeating to himself, and he could think of nothing to be… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Don’t you know that you are all my life to me? ...But peace I do not know, and can’t give to you.… — Leo Tolstoy Despair Copy Share Image
“Let me speak at last,” she said. “For myself personally, I can’t conceive of love without family life. I am lonely, lonely… — Leo Tolstoy Family life Copy Share Image
Memento mori-remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I recalled the hundreds of occasions when life had died within me only to be reborn. I remembered that I only lived… — Leo Tolstoy Belief in god Copy Share Image
Seas of blood have been shed for the sake of patriotism. One would expect the harm and irrationality of patriotism to be… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“As we passed out to take our seats, other servants pressed round us in the hall to say good-bye. Yet their requests… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“What is the matter with you?" asked Shcherbatsky. "Nothing much, but there is little to be happy about in this world." "Little?… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. — Leo Tolstoy Learning Copy Share Image
“And then all at once love turns up, and you're done for, done for.” — Leo Tolstoy Love Copy Share Image
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