English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Leo Tolstoy quotes about life

Russian Novelist September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910

TOP 10 Leo Tolstoy quotes

Leo Tolstoy quotes in french
 Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

But that had been grief--this was joy. Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loopholes, as it were, in that ordinary life through which there came glimpses of something sublime. And in the contemplation of this sublime something the soul was exalted to inconceivable heights of which it had before had no conception, while reason lagged behind, unable to keep up with it. Leo Tolstoy
War is not a polite recreation, but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to realize this and not make a game of it... as it stands now it's the favorite pastime of the idle and frivolous. Leo Tolstoy
the majority of men do not think in order to know the truth, but in order to assure themselves that the life which they lead, and which is agreeable and habitual to them, is the one which coincides with the truth. Leo Tolstoy
When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy. Leo Tolstoy
Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it is untied, the whole man is visible. Leo Tolstoy
What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty. Leo Tolstoy
There was no solution, save that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insolvable: One must live in the needs of the day--that is, forget oneself. Leo Tolstoy
What is to be done? There was no solution, but the universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble. The answer is: one must live in the needs of the day - that is, forget oneself. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and..."
Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind."
The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind. Leo Tolstoy
In order to understand, observe, deduce, man must first be conscious of himself as alive. A living man knows himself not otherwise than as wanting, that is, he is conscious of his will. And his will, which constitutes the essence of his life, man is conscious of and cannot be conscious of otherwise than as free. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "The social conditions of life can only be improved by people..."
The social conditions of life can only be improved by people exercising self-restraint. Leo Tolstoy
That one must either explain life to oneself so that it does not seem to be an evil mockery by some sort of devil, or one must shoot oneself. Leo Tolstoy
There was no answer, except the general answer life gives to all the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: one must live for the needs of the day, in other words, become oblivious. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is..."
The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless. Leo Tolstoy

Popular Author

Related Authors