Leo Tolstoy Quotes, Men Quotes, Thinking Quotes

…the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life which they lead, and which is agreeable and habitual to them, is the one which coincides with the truth.

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The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

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Beautiful as seemed mama's face, it became more lovely when she smiled and seemed to enliven everything about her.

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Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

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There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes.

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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

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Why nowadays there's a new fashion every day.

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Christianity in its true sense puts an end to the State. It was so understood from its very beginning, and for that Christ was crucified.

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I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is.

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We love people not so much for the good they've done us, as for the good we've done them.

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But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time.

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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.

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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.

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Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

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In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no sorrow is trifiling.

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To regard Christ as God, and to pray to him, are to my mind the greatest possible sacrilege.

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Genuine religion is not about speculating about God or the soul or about what happened in the past or will happen in the future; it cares only about one thing finding out exactly what should or should not be done in this lifetime.

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A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

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Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

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