"A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion. To be able to go a thousand miles he must imagine that something good awaits him at the end of those thousand miles. One must have the prospect of a promised land to have the strength to move." ~from WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
“A man is never such an egotist as at moments of spiritual ecstasy. At such times it seems to him that there is nothing on earth more splendid and interesting than himself.” ~Leo Tolstoy
“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Family Happiness
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." ~Leo Tolstoy
"All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." ~Leo Tolstoy
"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ~from ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy
"All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade." ~Tolstoy
“All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ~from ANNA KARENINA by Leo Tolstoy
"All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade." ~Tolstoy
“All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Anything is better than lies and deceit!” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen." ~from "What is Art?" (1896) by Leo Tolstoy
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“Anything is better than lies and deceit!” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen." ~from "What is Art?" (1896) by Leo Tolstoy
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre." ~Leo Tolstoy
“But I'm glad you'll see me as I am. Above all, I wouldn't want people to think that I want to prove anything. I don't want to prove anything, I just want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself. I have that right, haven't I?” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“But that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appeared to others a quite ordinary occurrence.” ~Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Conceit is incompatible with understanding." ~Count Leo Tolstoy
"Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness." ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ~Leo Tolstoy
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." ~Leo Tolstoy
"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." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Free thinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges or beliefs." ~Leo Tolstoy
"God sees the truth but waits." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them." ~Count Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness is in your ability to love others." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness is pleasure without regrets." ~Leo Tolstoy
“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"I already love in you your beauty, but I am only beginning to love in you that which is eternal and ever previous – your heart, your soul. Beauty one could get to know and fall in love with in one hour and cease to love it as speedily; but the soul one must learn to know. Believe me, nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings." ~Leo Tolstoy
"I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain. I killed people in war, challenged men to duels with the purpose of killing them, and lost at cards; I squandered the fruits of the peasants' toil and then had them executed; I was a fornicator and a cheat. Lying, stealing, promiscuity of every kind, drunkenness, violence, murder -- there was not a crime I did not commit...Thus I lived for ten years." ~from "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy
“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but he's not unhappy.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“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 there are hearts.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals." ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"If everyone fought only for their own convictions, there would be no wars." ~Leo Tolstoy
"If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living." ~from "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1889) by Leo Tolstoy
"If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the people of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you." ~Leo Tolstoy
"If there are as many minds as there are men, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“But I'm glad you'll see me as I am. Above all, I wouldn't want people to think that I want to prove anything. I don't want to prove anything, I just want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself. I have that right, haven't I?” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“But that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appeared to others a quite ordinary occurrence.” ~Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych
“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Conceit is incompatible with understanding." ~Count Leo Tolstoy
"Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness." ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ~Leo Tolstoy
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love." ~Leo Tolstoy
"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." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Free thinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges or beliefs." ~Leo Tolstoy
"God sees the truth but waits." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them." ~Count Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness is in your ability to love others." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness is pleasure without regrets." ~Leo Tolstoy
“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"I already love in you your beauty, but I am only beginning to love in you that which is eternal and ever previous – your heart, your soul. Beauty one could get to know and fall in love with in one hour and cease to love it as speedily; but the soul one must learn to know. Believe me, nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings." ~Leo Tolstoy
"I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain. I killed people in war, challenged men to duels with the purpose of killing them, and lost at cards; I squandered the fruits of the peasants' toil and then had them executed; I was a fornicator and a cheat. Lying, stealing, promiscuity of every kind, drunkenness, violence, murder -- there was not a crime I did not commit...Thus I lived for ten years." ~from "A Confession" by Leo Tolstoy
“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but he's not unhappy.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“I often think that men don't understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“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 there are hearts.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals." ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"If everyone fought only for their own convictions, there would be no wars." ~Leo Tolstoy
"If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living." ~from "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1889) by Leo Tolstoy
"If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the people of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you." ~Leo Tolstoy
"If there are as many minds as there are men, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If you feel pain, you’re alive, if you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being.” ~Leo Tolstoy
"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If you want to be happy, be." ~Leo Tolstoy
"If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only one thing: you can become better yourself." ~Leo Tolstoy in A Calendar of Wisdom
"If you want to be happy, be." ~Leo Tolstoy
“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.” ~Leo Tolstoy from “Christianity and Patriotism” (1895)
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." ~Leo Tolstoy
"It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart nd can illuminate thousands of other hearts." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Let us forgive each other—only then can we live in peace.” ~Leo Tolstoy
"Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source." ~Thoughts of Prince Andrew from WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
“Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal – that there is no human relation between master and slave.” -Leo Tolstoy
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people more beautiful than perpetual kindness." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings." ~Leo Tolstoy
"One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees…" ~Leo Tolstoy
"One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"If you want to be happy, be." ~Leo Tolstoy
“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.” ~Leo Tolstoy from “Christianity and Patriotism” (1895)
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." ~Leo Tolstoy
"It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." ~Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
"Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart nd can illuminate thousands of other hearts." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Let us forgive each other—only then can we live in peace.” ~Leo Tolstoy
"Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source." ~Thoughts of Prince Andrew from WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy
“Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal – that there is no human relation between master and slave.” -Leo Tolstoy
“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people more beautiful than perpetual kindness." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Nothing on earth is given without labour, even love, the most beautiful and natural of feelings." ~Leo Tolstoy
"One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees…" ~Leo Tolstoy
"One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“Rest, nature, books, music, such is my idea of happiness.” ~Leo Tolstoy
“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed." ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here." ~Leo Tolstoy from War and Peace (1865–1869)
“Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Spring is the time of plans and projects." ~Leo Tolstoy
“The feelings resembled memories; but memories of what? Apparently one can remember things that have never happened.” ~from "Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth by Leo Tolstoy
"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." ~Leo Tolstoy
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” ~Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes." ~Leo Tolstoy
"True life is lived when tiny changes occur." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold." ~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth." ~Leo Tolstoy
"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom." ~Leo Tolstoy
“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed." ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here." ~Leo Tolstoy from War and Peace (1865–1869)
“Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.” ~Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
"Spring is the time of plans and projects." ~Leo Tolstoy
“The feelings resembled memories; but memories of what? Apparently one can remember things that have never happened.” ~from "Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth by Leo Tolstoy
"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." ~Leo Tolstoy
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” ~Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth." ~Leo Tolstoy
"There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes." ~Leo Tolstoy
"True life is lived when tiny changes occur." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold." ~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
"Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth." ~Leo Tolstoy
"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Without love, living is easy; but it's meaningless." ~Leo Tolstoy
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." ~Tolstoy
BIO
Leo Tolstoy died in Astapovo, Russian Empire on this day in 1910 (aged 82).
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Love hinders death.
Love is life.
All, everything that I understand,
I understand only because I love.
Everything is, everything exists,
only because I love.
Everything is united by it alone.
Love is God, and to die means
that I, a particle of love,
shall return to the general
and eternal source.
~Leo Tolstoy
Love is life.
All, everything that I understand,
I understand only because I love.
Everything is, everything exists,
only because I love.
Everything is united by it alone.
Love is God, and to die means
that I, a particle of love,
shall return to the general
and eternal source.
~Leo Tolstoy
BIO
Leo Tolstoy died in Astapovo, Russian Empire on this day in 1910 (aged 82).
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