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Leo Tolstoy Quotes

For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all Picture Quote #1

Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not Picture Quote #1

Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing? Picture Quote #1

He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it Picture Quote #1

What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty Picture Quote #1

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them Picture Quote #1

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Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy Picture Quote #1

The march of humanity, springing as it does from an infinite multitude of individual wills, is continuous Picture Quote #1

Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs Picture Quote #1

I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts Picture Quote #1

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town Picture Quote #1

There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes Picture Quote #1

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Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over Picture Quote #1

I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it Picture Quote #1

Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed Picture Quote #1

I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy Picture Quote #1

He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation Picture Quote #1

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning Picture Quote #1

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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom Picture Quote #1

It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong Picture Quote #1

Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it Picture Quote #1

The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness Picture Quote #1

I’m getting old, that’s the thing! What’s in me now won’t be there anymore Picture Quote #1

I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world Picture Quote #1

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There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before Picture Quote #1

The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action Picture Quote #1

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself Picture Quote #1

You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love Picture Quote #1

This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer Picture Quote #1

You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom Picture Quote #1

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For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing? (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The march of humanity, springing as it does from an infinite multitude of individual wills, is continuous (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Art begins when a man, with a purpose of communicating to other people a feeling he once experienced, calls it up again within himself and expresses it by certain external signs (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I’m getting old, that’s the thing! What’s in me now won’t be there anymore (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom (Leo Tolstoy Quotes)

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