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
spring projects springtime
Spring is the time of plans and projects.
real believe people
If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present.
wisdom children hypocrite
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.
pain suffering desire
When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.
summer winter night
Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare for the night and for the winter time, but do not prepare for death. We must prepare for death. But there is only one way to prepare for death - and that is to live well.
important way guides
The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.
money banking slavery
Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal - that there is no human relation between master and slave.
love life marriage
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.
good-life animal vegetarianism
If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food, because ...its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling - killing.
inspirational people meals
A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives
grief love-you grieving
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
life motivational patience
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
regret pleasure
Happiness is pleasure without regret
liars changing-your-life deceiver
Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!