More from Leo Tolstoy
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything intelligent is so boring.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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More on history
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.
Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin There are many machines throughout history that were built to do something better than a human can.
Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.