“We expect rewards for goodness, and punishments for the bad things which we do. Often, they are not immediately” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“after the murder of the duc there was one martyr more in heaven and one hero less on earth” — Leo Tolstoy Martyr Copy Share Image
“Olenin always took his own path and had an unconscious objection to the beaten tracks.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Why, of course," objected Stepan Arkadyevitch. "But that's just the aim of civilization—to make everything a source of enjoyment.” — Leo Tolstoy Civilization Copy Share Image
“Her motherly instinct told her that there was too much of something in Natasha, and that it would prevent her from being… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had… — Leo Tolstoy Dedicated Copy Share Image
No matter when, at whatever moment, if she were asked what she was thinking about she could reply quite correctly - one… — Leo Tolstoy Happiness Copy Share Image
“A moment ago, and how close she had been to him, of what importance in his life! And how aloof and remote… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“that in every individual a spiritual element is manifested that gives life to all that exists, and that this spiritual element strives… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Praštati ne znači samo reći: praštam, nego iščupati iz srca srdnju, zlo osećanje prema onom ko nas je uvredio. A da to… — Leo Tolstoy Forgivness Copy Share Image
“Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and agonies of the soul, but all the time his most tormenting tragedy has… — Leo Tolstoy Disaster Copy Share Image
“As a man cannot lift a mountain, and as a kindly man cannot kill an infant, so a man living the Christian… — Leo Tolstoy Arguments Copy Share Image
“They come together, like tomorrow, to kill each other they slaughter and maim tens of thousands of men, and the they say… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station… — Leo Tolstoy Consequence Copy Share Image
“It was very, very early in the morning. You were probably only just awake. Your mother was asleep in the corner. It… — Leo Tolstoy Early morning Copy Share Image
“Then these moments of perplexity began to recur oftener and oftener, and always in the same form. They were always expressed by… — Leo Tolstoy Death Copy Share Image
“one may sit for several hours at a stretch with one's legs crossed in the same position, if one knows that there's… — Leo Tolstoy Humor Copy Share Image
“there is only one time that is important—Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He felt what a murderer must feel, when he sees the body he has robbed of life. That body, robbed by him… — Leo Tolstoy Adultery Copy Share Image
“Lord have mercy! Pardon and help us!" he repeated the words that suddenly and unexpectedly sprang to his lips. And he, an… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“What are you talking about?' cried Lukashka. 'We must go through the middle gates, of course.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Mathematics is the queen of disciplines… it will drive the nonsense out of your head! — Leo Tolstoy Discipline Copy Share Image
So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been… — Leo Tolstoy Chance Copy Share Image
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them;… — Leo Tolstoy Ashamed Copy Share Image
Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." -… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible. — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“Why ask? Why doubt what you cannot help knowing? Why use words when words cannot express what one feels?” — Leo Tolstoy Doubt Copy Share Image
Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude. — Leo Tolstoy Debate Copy Share Image
“Men who want to fight will always put themselves in the most advantageous conditions for fighting. The” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“It showed him the mistake men make in picturing to themselves happiness as the realization of their desires.” — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if… — Leo Tolstoy Book Copy Share Image
I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get… — Leo Tolstoy Each day Copy Share Image
An agile but unintelligent and abnormal German, possessed of the mania of grandeur. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth. — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
