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
life motivational patience
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
giving-up achievement remember
...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
soul might digging
By digging into our souls, we often dig up what might better have remained there unnoticed." Alexis Alexandrovich
war storm special
You consider war to be inevitable? Very good. Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance-guards, for the front of every storm, of every attack, to lead them all!
inspirational people entertainment
People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them
smallpox ought
They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.
heart light candle-lights
Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
sarcastic style literature
He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.
food health animal
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
soul changing-your-life unnoticed
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.
liars changing-your-life deceiver
Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!
doubt moments
I don't allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.
inspirational life wisdom
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
inspirational karma peace
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.