Computers Quote by Elif Batuman

There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a…

— William Ernest Henley

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.

— A. N. Wilson

What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“They certified that I was sane; but I know that I am mad." This confession gives us the key to what is most important…

— Lev Shestov

“Tolstoy’s interest in history began early in his life. It seems to have arisen not from interest in the past as such, but from…

— Isaiah Berlin

“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed . . . Tolstoy,” he”

— Brandt Legg

“Tolstoy said that “each unhappy family is unhappy in a way of its own—”

— Christina Stead

“Convinced that their own ideas were the key to the future of the world, that the fate of humanity rested on the outcome of…

— Orlando Figes

Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I always really loved Russian literature, and I think Tolstoy's writing is full of a sense of melancholy and humanity, so it seems really…

— Tuppence Middleton

When you started looking at the life of Tolstoy, there was so much passion and anger and drama surrounding him.

— Elif Batuman

“Tolstoy had 13 kids and still wrote War & Peace.”

— Steven Pressfield