Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1828
CountryRussian Federation
generations mormonism world
If Mormonism is able to endure, unmodified, until it reaches the third and fourth generation, it is destined to become the greatest power the world has ever known.
order political artistic
The political is not compatible with the artistic, because the former, in order to prove, has to be one-sided.
useless mediocre knows
Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre
want want-to-be-happy ifs
If you want to be happy, just be.
art people characteristics
All art has this characteristic-it unites people.
leader ships wave
A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.
writing order each-day
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.
knowing quality important
What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.
prayer tools world
Prayer is an invisible tool which is wielded in a visible world.
girl nice looks
It is no sin to look at a nice girl.
advice first-impression firsts
In difficult circumstances always act on first impressions.
pride men order
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.
jobs attitude should
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
years thought-provoking mind
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.