Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Just when the question of how to live had become clearer to him, a new insoluble problem presented itself - Death.

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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.

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Condemn me if you choose - I do that myself, - but condemn me, and not the path which I am following, and which I point out to those who ask me where, in my opinion, the path is.

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I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor.

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Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience.

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You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that there's only one happiness in life for me, that word that you dislike so...yes, love!

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Those whom God wishes to destroy he drives mad.

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He is not apprehended by reason, but by life.

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The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

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We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us.

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...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

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He felt that all his hitherto dissipated and dispersed forces were gathered and directed with terrible energy towards one blissful goal.

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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

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The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.

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Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith, without any discussion or doubts. Why must people do this?

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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.

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The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.

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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

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What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.

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she smiled at him, and at her own fears.

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