Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
LEO TOLSTOYWhatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
LEO TOLSTOYHistorians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
LEO TOLSTOYBe bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
LEO TOLSTOYThere is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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 TOLSTOYLove alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
LEO TOLSTOYMan cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
LEO TOLSTOYWhat counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
LEO TOLSTOYRest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
LEO TOLSTOYI always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
LEO TOLSTOYOne must be cunning and wicked in this world.
LEO TOLSTOYThe Kingdom of God is Within You.
LEO TOLSTOYSeize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
LEO TOLSTOY