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
absurd born deny fable fall god redeem regarding
It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of man, which is absurd in our day. It is true, I deny the sacrilegious story of a God born of a virgin to redeem the race.
god men deeds-and-words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
teaching godly law
The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.
waiting god-knows knows
God knows, but He's waiting
god prayer personality
Prayer is addressed to the personal God, not because he is personal indeed, I know for certain that he is not personal, because personality is limitation, while God is unlimited.
god son world
I say that the God who created the world in six days and who sent His son, and also his son himself, are not God, but that God is the one existing, incomparable good, the beginning of everything.
god knowing-god knows
To know God and to live is the same thing. God is Life.
god heart light
How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it.
love-is god-is-love
He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love.
men knowing-god draws
The higher a man's conception of God, the better will he know Him. And the better he knows God, the nearer will he draw to Him.
people terrible knowing-god
It is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people identify as God what is not God.
god believe soul
I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.
god men thinking
Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience.
easier practice principle produce ten volumes
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice