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
patriotism belief spontaneous
By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief that such love and preference are good and useful.
happy-love happiness-love moments
Seize the moment of happiness... love and be loved.
vegetarianism enlightenment transition
Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment.
christianity ends states
Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.
meaning-of-life circumstances science-and-religion
Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.
kings accomplishment humanity
History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends.
graduation ifs
Act as if you are, and you will become such.
wicked world this-world
One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
getting-old
I'm getting old, that's the thing! What's in me now won't be there anymore.
mankind subjects
The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind.
fiction conflict versus
Good fiction doesn't come out of the basic conflict of good versus bad. Instead, it comes out of a conflict between good and good.
fairytale knows
… for nightinggales - we know - can’t live on fairytales.
epic-poems ruts usual
We imagine that when we are thrown out of our usual ruts all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, much before us.
conceited understanding conceit
Conceit is incompatible with understanding.