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
order two rights
One must do one of two tings: either admit that the existing order of society is just, and then stick up for one's rights in it;or acknowledge that you are enjoying unjust privileges, as i do, and then enjoy them and be satisfied.
morning inspiration writing
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
parenting inspire depends
Everything depends on upbringing.
pain suffering desire
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.
good-life animal vegetarianism
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food, because ...its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling - killing.
pride order opposites
In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty.
inspirational happiness country
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.
lambs doe cry
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
happiness vacation each-day
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
writing pieces flesh
One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen.
inspirational trust spiritual
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
life beauty beautiful
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
peace morning sleep
A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
secret messengers doe
Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.