Leo Tolstoy Quotes about Desire

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Boredom: the desire for desires.

Leo Tolstoy

Boredom, Desire, Enthusiasm

"Anna Karenina". Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1877.

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.

Leo Tolstoy

Pain, Suffering, Desire

When you feel the desire for power, you should stay in solitude for some time

Leo Tolstoy

Inspirational, Solitude, Desire

Boredom is desire seeking desire.

Leo Tolstoy

Boredom, Desire, Seeking

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

Men, Errors, Desire

LEO TOLSTOY (1961). “ANNA KARENINA”

Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable.

Leo Tolstoy

Successful, Desire, Overcoming

Meanwhile spring arrived. My old dejection passed away and gave place to the unrest which spring brings with it, full of dreams and vague hopes and desires.

Leo Tolstoy

Dream, Spring, Desire

Leo Tolstoy (1998). “The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories”, p.9, Oxford University Press, USA

Leo Tolstoy Quotes about Desire

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