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Soul Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- 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.
- Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.
- The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty,…
- The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because…
- Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and all the agonies of the soul, but for all time his tormenting tragedy is, and will…
- People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than…
- What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to…
- ... a man has to think of his soul before everything else.
- I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.
- Loving with human love, one may pass from love to hatred; but divine love cannot change. Nothing, not even death, can shatter it. It is…
- He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
- I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as…
- the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982
- Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.
- At that instant he knew that all his doubts, even the impossibility of believing with his reason, of which he was aware in himself, did…
- But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loopholes,…
- By digging into our souls, we often dig up what might better have remained there unnoticed." Alexis Alexandrovich
- Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of music I really…
- I'll get angry in the same way with the coachman Ivan, argue in the same way, speak my mind inappropriately, there will be the same…
- A wound in the soul, coming from the rending of the spiritual body, strange as it may seem, gradually closes like a physical wound. And…
- Where did I get it from? Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbour and not throttle…
- If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you…
More Soul Quotes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt