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
summer winter invisible
In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer...
our-actions mystery accord
Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.
happiness ideas knows
They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life.
knowing-who-you-are two light
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness...
art people perception
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception to the region of emotion.
body building destruction
Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the destruction of the scaffolding and of the body.
happiness soul growth
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
intelligent intelligence boring
Everything intelligent is so boring.
ends terrible
Everything ends in death, everything. Death is terrible.
flower heart men
He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered, with difficulty recognizing in it the beauty for which he picked and ruined it. And in spite of this he felt that then, when his love was stronger, he could, if he had greatly wished it, have torn that love out of his heart; but now when as at that moment it seemed to him he felt no love for her, he knew that what bound him to her could not be broken.
school three-things needed
To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.
want want-to-be-happy ifs
If you want to be happy, be happy.
inspirational boys self
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.
science order fragments
Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.