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
want life-happiness said
You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that there's only one happiness in life for me, that word that you dislike so…yes, love!…
want harm prove
I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?
wanted stills knows
I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it.
want want-to-be-happy ifs
If you want to be happy, just be.
people trying want
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
want want-to-be-happy ifs
If you want to be happy, be happy.
evil causes want
I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
order people want
If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.
happiness want want-to-be-happy
If you want to be happy, be.
world want changing-the-world
Everyone wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change himself.
easier practice principle produce ten volumes
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice
church convinced crafty evil gross practice teaching theory witchcraft
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
beautiful beauty hear illusion strange suppose thoughts wise woman
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
flight highest human wisdom
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.