Music is the shorthand of emotion.
LEO TOLSTOYMusic is the shorthand of emotion.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything intelligent is so boring.
LEO TOLSTOYI wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness is in your ability to love others.
LEO TOLSTOYDebates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything I know, I know because of love.
LEO TOLSTOYHistorians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
LEO TOLSTOYLove those you hate you.
LEO TOLSTOYLove alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
LEO TOLSTOYKings are the slaves of history.
LEO TOLSTOYI often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
LEO TOLSTOYA 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 TOLSTOYIf you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
LEO TOLSTOYIn the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
LEO TOLSTOYThe key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
LEO TOLSTOY