Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
LEO TOLSTOYRest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
LEO TOLSTOYIt is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
LEO TOLSTOYDon’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
LEO TOLSTOYThe law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you want to be happy, be.
LEO TOLSTOYI’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
LEO TOLSTOYGrow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
LEO TOLSTOYBoredom: the desire for desires.
LEO TOLSTOYLove. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
LEO TOLSTOYTruth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
LEO TOLSTOYA battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
LEO TOLSTOYLove is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’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 TOLSTOYWhen you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
LEO TOLSTOY