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Leo Tolstoy Quotes

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase Picture Quote #1

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth Picture Quote #1

You will die and it will all be over. You will die and find out everything or cease asking Picture Quote #1

He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking Picture Quote #1

The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal Picture Quote #1

The appreciation of the merits of art of the emotions it conveys depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life Picture Quote #1

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Knowledge is real knowledge only when it is acquired by the efforts of your intellect, not by memory Picture Quote #1

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? Picture Quote #1

People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than any other, and which includes all other things: the improvement of their soul Picture Quote #1

Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us Picture Quote #1

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things Picture Quote #1

Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about Picture Quote #1

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What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important Picture Quote #1

Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth Picture Quote #1

A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get Picture Quote #1

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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity Picture Quote #1

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening Picture Quote #1

I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on Picture Quote #1

The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality Picture Quote #1

At the approach of danger two voices speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of avoiding it and the other, even more reasonable, says that it is too painful and harassing to think of the danger... better to turn aside from the painful subject till it has come, and to think of what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally yields to the first voice; in society to the second Picture Quote #1

Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible that this state of despair is common to everyone? Picture Quote #1

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Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new Picture Quote #1

When ignorance does not know something, it says that what it does not know is stupid Picture Quote #1

People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity is pleasure... People understand the meaning of art only when they cease to consider that the aim of that activity is beauty, i.e., pleasure Picture Quote #1

Religions are the exponents of the highest comprehension of life... within a given age in a given society... a basis for evaluating human sentiments. If feelings bring people nearer to the religion’s ideal... they are good; if these estrange them from it, and oppose it, they are bad Picture Quote #1

You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that Picture Quote #1

Humanity unceasingly strives forward from a lower, more partial and obscure understanding of life to one more general and more lucid Picture Quote #1

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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) You will die and it will all be over. You will die and find out everything or cease asking (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The appreciation of the merits of art of the emotions it conveys depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Knowledge is real knowledge only when it is acquired by the efforts of your intellect, not by memory (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough? (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) People involve themselves in countless activities which they consider to be important, but they forget about one activity which is more important and necessary than any other, and which includes all other things: the improvement of their soul (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) 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 (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) 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 (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) At the approach of danger two voices speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of avoiding it and the other, even more reasonable, says that it is too painful and harassing to think of the danger... better to turn aside from the painful subject till it has come, and to think of what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally yields to the first voice; in society to the second (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Can it be that I have overlooked something, that there is something which I have failed to understand? Is it not possible that this state of despair is common to everyone? (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) When ignorance does not know something, it says that what it does not know is stupid (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity is pleasure... People understand the meaning of art only when they cease to consider that the aim of that activity is beauty, i.e., pleasure (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Religions are the exponents of the highest comprehension of life... within a given age in a given society... a basis for evaluating human sentiments. If feelings bring people nearer to the religion’s ideal... they are good; if these estrange them from it, and oppose it, they are bad (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Humanity unceasingly strives forward from a lower, more partial and obscure understanding of life to one more general and more lucid (Leo Tolstoy Quotes)

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