“My reasoning proceeded in the following manner. "Like man and his power of reason," I said to myself, "the nowledge of faith… — Leo Tolstoy Faith Copy Share Image
“The soul of man is the lamp of God,’ says a wise Jewish proverb. Man is a weak and miserable creature when… — Leo Tolstoy God Copy Share Image
“As he looked round, she too turned her head .Her shining gray eyes, that looked dark from the thick lashes, rested with… — Leo Tolstoy Gray eyes Copy Share Image
“Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist,… — Leo Tolstoy Kingdom of god Copy Share Image
The chief cause of unhappiness in married life is that people think that marriage is sex attraction, which takes the form of… — Leo Tolstoy Attraction Copy Share Image
“How good it would be to know where to look for help in this life and what to expect after it, there,… — Leo Tolstoy Compassion Copy Share Image
What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“So that is what my dream meant! Pashenka is what I ought to have been but failed to be. I lived for… — Leo Tolstoy Dreams Copy Share Image
“Her eyes, always sad, now looked into the mirror with particular hopelessness. "She's flattering me," thought the princess, and she turned away… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“I cannot think of those years without horror, loathing and heartache. I killed men in war and challenged men to duels in… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Only Anna was sad. She knew that now, from Dolly's departure, no one again would stir up within her soul the feelings… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Sympathy, love for one's brothers, for those who love us, love for those who hate us, love for our enemies, yes, the… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“wisdom needs no violence...As it is we have played at war – that’s what’s vile! We play at magnanimity and all that… — Leo Tolstoy Magnanimity Copy Share Image
“Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining… — Leo Tolstoy Anna-karenina Copy Share Image
“It will readily be understood that Nechludoff’s influence caused me to adopt his bent of mind, the essence of which lay in… — Leo Tolstoy Character Copy Share Image
“There are two sides to each man’s life: his personal life, which is the more free the more abstract its interests, and… — Leo Tolstoy Life Copy Share Image
“Just as in a clock, the result of the complicated motion of innumerable wheels and pulleys is merely a slow and regular… — Leo Tolstoy History Copy Share Image
Every work of art causes the receiver to enter into a certain kind of relationship both with him who produced the art,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There are moments when the future looks so black that one is afraid to let one's thoughts dwell on it, refuses to… — Leo Tolstoy Boyhood Copy Share Image
“The doctor arrived towards dinnertime and said, of course, that although recurring phenomena might well elicit apprehension, nonetheless there was, strictly speaking,… — Leo Tolstoy Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“Levin was almost of the same age as Oblonsky; their intimacy did not rest merely on champagne. Levin had been the friend… — Leo Tolstoy Friendship Copy Share Image
He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered, with difficulty recognizing in it the beauty… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
These loaves, pigeons, and two little boys seemed unearthly. It all happened at the same time: a little boy ran over to… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Stepan Arkadyevitch was a truthful man in his relations with himself. He was incapable of deceiving himself and persuading himself that he… — Leo Tolstoy Children Copy Share Image
“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of… — Leo Tolstoy Desire Copy Share Image
“Involuntarily it appeared to me that there, somewhere, was someone who amused himself by watching how I lived for thirty or forty… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Never, never marry, my friend. Here’s my advice to you: don’t marry until you can tell yourself that you’ve done all you… — Leo Tolstoy Advice Copy Share Image
Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the… — Leo Tolstoy Art Copy Share Image
“The second brother, Seriosha, had dark curly hair, a turned-up, strongly pronounced nose, very bright red lips (which, never being quite shut,… — Leo Tolstoy Curly hair Copy Share Image
“Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His… — Leo Tolstoy Depression Copy Share Image
“Not all will believe in my teaching. And they who will not believe, will hate it; because it bereaves them of that… — Leo Tolstoy Education Copy Share Image
“The whole of that day Anna spent at home, that's to say at the Oblonskys', and received no one, though some of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not… — Leo Tolstoy Beauty Copy Share Image
“„Sve je to nastalo otud“ – mislio je Nehljudov – „što svi ti ljudi – gubernatori, nadzornici, policijski pristavi, redari – misle… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Natasha, with a vigorous turn from her heel on to her toe, walked over to the middle of the room and stood… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“But it was not only by this feeling, as Varvara thought, that he was guided. Mingling with his pride, with his need… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He could not admit that he had known the truth then and was now mistaken, because as soon as he began to… — Leo Tolstoy Time Copy Share Image
