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
people poverty given
The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
money banking slavery
Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave.
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.
self-control mentor
I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.
imagination mind world
I love her not with my mind or my imagination, but with my whole being. Loving her I feel myself to be an integral part of all God's joyous world.
happy-love happiness-love moments
Seize the moment of happiness... love and be loved.
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.