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
sacrifice vanity ease
either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it...
solitude debate truth-is
Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
men reason relation
Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.
god believe soul
I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.
men errors desire
He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.
break-up girl gone
Ah, if everyone was as sensitive as you! There's no girl who hasn't gone through that. And it's all so unimportant!
talking people human-nature
People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these days" and that human nature changes with the times.
death men self
The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.
writing law easy
Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.
music emotion shorthand
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
honesty lying deceit
Anything is better than lies and deceit!
book ideas
Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.
forget states carrie
Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own
love long burning
To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you live.