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
influence feels seems
Under the influence of music, it seems that I feel what I do not really feel, that I understand what I do not understand, that I do what I cannot do.
doubt sin principal
My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
wall heart home
Levin scowled. The humiliation of his rejection stung him to the heart, as though it were a fresh wound he had only just received. But he was at home, and at home the very walls are a support.
teaching godly law
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.
compassion sight giving
In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no sorrow is trifiling.
civilization source enjoyment
But that's just the aim of civilization - to make everything a source of enjoyment.
generations mormonism world
If Mormonism is able to endure, unmodified, until it reaches the third and fourth generation, it is destined to become the greatest power the world has ever known.
jobs attitude should
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
attention talent capacity
Talent is the capacity to direct concentrated attention upon the subject: "the gift of seeing what others have not seen.
years thought-provoking mind
And yet, now that years have passed, I recall it and wonder that it could distress me so much. It will be the same thing, too, with this trouble. Time will go by and I shall not mind about this either.
love age always-be-happy
... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.
cheating morning children
All were happy - plants, birds, insects and children. But grown-up people - adult men and women - never left off cheating and tormenting themselves and one another. It was not this spring morning which they considered sacred and important, not the beauty of God's world, given to all creatures to enjoy - a beauty which inclines the heart to peace, to harmony and to love.
math men logic
Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.
differences women-bashing men-bashing
Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists.