Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1828
CountryRussian Federation
Leo Tolstoy quotes about
simple ordinary terrible
Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.
voice music-is
Music is love in search of a voice.
flower men looks
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it
life happiness kind
Each time of life has its own kind of love.
heart joy humanity
Just imagine that the purpose of life is happinesss only- then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing.You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity,your intellect and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.Then life becomes a joy
suffering morality wells
How can one be well...when one suffers morally?
grease wheels flattery
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
sleep battle dies
It's all God's will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
ends terrible
Everything ends in death, everything. Death is terrible.
life reason possibility
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
writing law easy
Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
inspirational boys self
I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one's self simply, like a boy.
knowing-who-you-are two light
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness...
eye impossible inevitable
For a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable.