Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
LEO TOLSTOYHuman science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
LEO TOLSTOYOne must be cunning and wicked in this world.
LEO TOLSTOYI often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
LEO TOLSTOYOnly people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
LEO TOLSTOYSometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
LEO TOLSTOYDebates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
LEO TOLSTOYLet us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything I know, I know because of love.
LEO TOLSTOYWithout this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
LEO TOLSTOYAll the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
LEO TOLSTOYSpring is the time of plans and projects.
LEO TOLSTOYRest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
LEO TOLSTOYAll the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
LEO TOLSTOYLife did not stop, and one had to live.
LEO TOLSTOYEvery lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
LEO TOLSTOY