Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
LEO TOLSTOYKings are the slaves of history.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
-
-
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY -
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
LEO TOLSTOY -
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
LEO TOLSTOY -
A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
LEO TOLSTOY -
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOY -
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
LEO TOLSTOY -
My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
LEO TOLSTOY -
One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
LEO TOLSTOY -
If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
LEO TOLSTOY -
You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
LEO TOLSTOY -
It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
LEO TOLSTOY