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
absolute attractive believe body both citizen easily englishman forgets frenchman himself invented italian knows men mind personally regards repulsive russian science since state stronger truth worst
A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally both in mind and body as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An Englishman is self-assured as being a citizen of the best-organized state in the world and therefore, as an Englishman, always knows what he should do and knows that all he does as an Englishman is undoubtedly correct. An Italian is self-assured because he is excitable and easily forgets himself and other people. A Russian is self-assured just because he knows nothing and does not want to know anything, since he does not believe that anything can be known. The German's self-assurance is worst of all, stronger and more repulsive than any other, because he imagines that he knows the truth -- science -- which he himself has invented but which is for him the absolute truth.
kinds love minds scholars-and-scholarship true
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.
men mind may
Not all of life's roads are set fast, for a man may do this or a man may do that and not even the gods know the mind of a man.
inspirational mind hiding
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth
mind atheism praying
To regard Christ as God, and to pray to him, are to my mind the greatest possible sacrilege.
philosophy mind religion
In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.
imagination mind world
I love her not with my mind or my imagination, but with my whole being. Loving her I feel myself to be an integral part of all God's joyous world.
thinking people mind
One can often hear from the young people:" I do not want to live according to others` mind. I can think of it myself. " Why should one think of something, when it is already thought about. Take it and go farther, this is the strength of the mankind.
years thought-provoking mind
And yet, now that years have passed, I recall it and wonder that it could distress me so much. It will be the same thing, too, with this trouble. Time will go by and I shall not mind about this either.
long people mind-blowing
The Jew - is the symbol of eternity. ... He is the one who for so long had guarded the prophetic message and transmitted it to all mankind. A people such as this can never disappear.
mind wish might
I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change.
mind world quran
The legislation of Quran will spread all over the world, because it agrees with the mind, logic and wisdom.
stupid mind important
Memento mori-remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
easier practice principle produce ten volumes
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice