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Leo Tolstoy Quotes - Page 9

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A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

Leader, Ships, Wave

What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.

Philosophical, Animal, Thinking

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.

Art, People, Soul

graf Leo Tolstoy (1985). “Tolstoy's Diaries: 1895-1910”

Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

Peace, Men, Ubuntu

For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all.

Life Is, Reason, Human Life

graf Leo Tolstoy (1915). “War & Peace: The French at Moscow”

I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed.

Thinking, Sometimes, Fortune

Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.6, Vintage

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.

Inspirational, Happiness, Country

Leo Tolstoy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)”, p.390, Delphi Classics

In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy.

True Life, Different, Blasphemy

"Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy, p. 209, 1909.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.

Clever, Stupid, Doe

Leo Tolstoy (1998). “The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories”, p.100, Oxford University Press, USA

The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain.

Rain, Struggle, Mean

Leo Tolstoy (graf) (1905). “The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy: Walk in the light while ye have light; Thoughts and aphorisims; Letters; Miscellanies”

Life is fragile and absurd.

Life Is, Life Is Fragile, Absurd

The feeling of patriotism - It is an immoral feeling because, instead of confessing himself a son of God . . . or even a free man guided by his own reason, each man under the influence of patriotism confesses himself the son of his fatherland and the slave of his government, and commits actions contrary to his reason and conscience.

Son, Men, Feelings

graf Leo Tolstoy (1989). “I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy”

By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.

Art, Mean, Feelings

"What Is Art?". Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1897.

There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Men, Thinking, Our World

graf Leo Tolstoy (1900). “Pamphlets. Translated from the Russian”

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.

Our Actions, Mystery, Accord

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.

Lying, Teaching, Practice

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

Teaching, Godly, Law

Leo Tolstoy (1987). “A Confession and Other Religious Writings”, p.273, Penguin UK

I prefer a good pair of boots to Shakespeare.

Boots, Pairs

Just when the question of how to live had become clearer to him, a new insoluble problem presented itself - Death.

Problem

Leo Tolstoy (2012). “Anna Karenina”, p.315, Courier Corporation

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.

Chiefs

Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at you side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

Important, Dominion, Sides

Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life.

Progress, Answers, Clarification

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

Men, Long, Suffering

Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.843, Vintage

A human can be healthy without killing animals for food.

Food, Animal, Meat Consumption

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

Light, Shadow, Life Is

Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Anna Karenina (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.38, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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