Leo Tolstoy quotes

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

If you want to be happy, be.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.