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
christianity ends states
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.
horror i-have-learned whole
I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is.
art sacrifice self
True art and true science possess two unmistakable marks: the first, an inward mark, which is this, that the servitor of art and science will fulfil his vocation, not for profit but with self- sacrifice; and the second, an external sign, his productions will be intelligible to all the people whose welfare he has in view.
issues today prejudice
Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries.
men animal steps
Between the murder of an animal and the murder of a man, there's no more than ONE step!
dinner cigar habit
And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the slight haze it produced in his head.
differences women-bashing men-bashing
Woman is generally so bad that the difference between a good and a bad woman scarcely exists.
mistake blood perfect
The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes.
math men logic
Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.
cheating morning children
All were happy - plants, birds, insects and children. But grown-up people - adult men and women - never left off cheating and tormenting themselves and one another. It was not this spring morning which they considered sacred and important, not the beauty of God's world, given to all creatures to enjoy - a beauty which inclines the heart to peace, to harmony and to love.
circles reason-why conservative
If there was a reason why he preferred the liberal tendency to the conservative one (also held to by many of his circle), it was not because he found the liberal tendency more sensible, but it more closely suited his manner of life.
men loving-life lasts
Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life
love age always-be-happy
... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.
stars doubt earth
What doubt can you have of the Creator when you behold His creation?... Who has decked the heavenly firmament with its stars? Who has clothed the earth in its beauty? How could it be without the creator?