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Leo Tolstoy Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her Picture Quote #1

Every reform by violence is to be deprecated, because it does little to correct the evil while men remain as they are, and because wisdom has no need of violence Picture Quote #1

The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful Picture Quote #1

The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people Picture Quote #1

In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty Picture Quote #1

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Human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one’s enemies we need divine love Picture Quote #1

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine Picture Quote #1

The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn’t gold Picture Quote #1

I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s self simply, like a boy Picture Quote #1

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite Picture Quote #1

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre Picture Quote #1

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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself Picture Quote #1

Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that’s like supposing the same candle could last you all your life Picture Quote #1

Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists Picture Quote #1

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries Picture Quote #1

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I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is Picture Quote #1

There lay between them, separating them, that same terrible line of the unknown and of fear, like the line separating the living from the dead Picture Quote #1

There are many faiths, but the spirit is one, in me, in you, and in every man Picture Quote #1

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice Picture Quote #1

Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances Picture Quote #1

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives Picture Quote #1

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Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking Picture Quote #1

Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because it is dried by the sun, because it grows too heavy, or because the boy standing under the tree wants to eat it? None of these is the cause... Every action of theirs, that seems to them an act of their own freewill is in the historical sense not free at all but is bound up with the whole course of history and preordained from all eternity Picture Quote #1

Here’s my advice to you: don’t marry until you can tell yourself that you’ve done all you could, and until you’ve stopped loving the women you’ve chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you’ll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you’re old and good for nothing... Otherwise all that’s good and lofty in you will be lost Picture Quote #1

If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side! If it is not the right way, then show me another way; but if I stagger and lose the way, you must help me, you must keep me on the true path, just as I am ready to support you Picture Quote #1

You’re not going to be different... you’re going to be the same as you’ve always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts to amend, and falls, and everlasting expectation, of a happiness which you won’t get, and which isn’t possible for you Picture Quote #1

In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertake. Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them Picture Quote #1

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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 (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Every reform by violence is to be deprecated, because it does little to correct the evil while men remain as they are, and because wisdom has no need of violence (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one’s enemies we need divine love (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn’t gold (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one’s self simply, like a boy (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) 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 (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) ... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that’s like supposing the same candle could last you all your life (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) There lay between them, separating them, that same terrible line of the unknown and of fear, like the line separating the living from the dead (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) There are many faiths, but the spirit is one, in me, in you, and in every man (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because it is dried by the sun, because it grows too heavy, or because the boy standing under the tree wants to eat it? None of these is the cause... Every action of theirs, that seems to them an act of their own freewill is in the historical sense not free at all but is bound up with the whole course of history and preordained from all eternity (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) Here’s my advice to you: don’t marry until you can tell yourself that you’ve done all you could, and until you’ve stopped loving the women you’ve chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise you’ll be cruelly and irremediably mistaken. Marry when you’re old and good for nothing... Otherwise all that’s good and lofty in you will be lost (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side! If it is not the right way, then show me another way; but if I stagger and lose the way, you must help me, you must keep me on the true path, just as I am ready to support you (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) You’re not going to be different... you’re going to be the same as you’ve always been; with doubts, everlasting dissatisfaction with yourself, vain efforts to amend, and falls, and everlasting expectation, of a happiness which you won’t get, and which isn’t possible for you (Leo Tolstoy Quotes) In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertake. Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them (Leo Tolstoy Quotes)

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