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
confidence clever stupid
Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.
pride stupidity dishonesty
And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.
ignorance knowledge men
The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
hands people knows
Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands.
two twenties splits
A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away
inspirational life humanity
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.
stupid long pessimistic
It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.
men power order
In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it.
soul changing-your-life unnoticed
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.
art ideas imagination
The idea of beauty is the fundamental idea of everything. In the world we see only distortions of the fundamental idea, but art, by imagination, may lift itself to the height of this idea. Art is therefore akin to creation.
inspirational life wisdom
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
doubt moments
I don't allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.
inspirational karma peace
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
girl class two
All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.