Category Quotations

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain.”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if…

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry to assist each other in this task. The most selfish and hateful…

Leo Tolstoy Says: “The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite universe that surrounds me? It is impossible for there to be a…

Leo Tolstoy Says: “Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.”

Leo Tolstoy Says: “Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.”