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
powerful men expression
Only the truth and its expression can establish that new public opinion which will reform the ancient obsolete and pernicious order of life; and yet we not only do not express the truth we know, but often even distinctly give expression to what we ourselves regard as false. If only free men would not rely on that which has no power, and is always fettered upon external aids; but would trust in that which is always powerful and free the truth and its expression!
art mean expression
To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds, or forms expressed through words, so to convey this so that others may experience the same feeling - this is the activity of art.
power expression execution
Power, from the standpoint of experience, is merely the relation that exists between the expression of someone's will and the execution of that will by others.
flight highest human wisdom
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities but wise thoughts
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I am convinced that the teaching of the church is in theory a crafty and evil lie, and in practice a concoction of gross superstition and witchcraft
people poverty given
The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
food health animal
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
easier practice principle produce ten volumes
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice
lies lies-and-lying pleasure seeking
Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
definite generosity happiness joy life object outside people personal themselves
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness
definite joy life object outside people personal service themselves
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
bear sends strength
He sends a cross, but He also sends the strength to bear it.