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
inspirational people entertainment
People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them
men tradition reason
Man must not check reason by tradition, but contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.
winning battle
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
stories
The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.
war evil people
To abolish war it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism it is necessary first to understand that it is an evil. Tell people that patriotism is bad and most will reply, 'Yes, bad patriotism is bad, but mine is good patriotism.'
men expectations belief
I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.
Only those live who do good.
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
fashion
Why nowadays there's a new fashion every day.
greek study
Without Greek studies there is no education.
horror i-have-learned whole
I have learned what must be, and therefore have come to see the whole horror of what is.
couple husband agreement
In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertake. Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them.