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

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

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Christopher Lasch quote: "In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to..."
In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs. Christopher Lasch
I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit. I didn't think anything of what he had done to the city's name. Later I heard men who could manage their r's give it the same pronunciation. I still didn't see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves' word for dictionary. A few years later I went to Personville and learned better. Dashiell Hammett
Esther Williams quote: "Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal."
Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal. Esther Williams
George Lucas quote: "The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie."
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. George Lucas
And they'd [the Death Eaters] love to have me," said Harry sarcastically. "We'd be best pals if they didn't keep trying to do me in. J. K. Rowling
Stephen Breyer quote: "And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front..."
And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. Stephen Breyer
Mahatma Gandhi quote: "Wherever you are you will always be in my heart."
Wherever you are you will always be in my heart. Mahatma Gandhi
Epictetus quote: "The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he..."
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going. Epictetus
Bill Rodgers quote: "To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day,..."
To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime. Bill Rodgers
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never..."
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault. Louisa May Alcott
Alice James quote: "The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a..."
The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in? Alice James
And wilt thou have me fashion into speech. The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough, Between our faces, to cast light on each? -I dropt it at thy feet. I cannot teach. My hand to hold my spirits so far off. From myself--me--that I should bring thee proof. In words, of love hid in me out of reach. Nay, let the silence of my womanhood. Commend my woman-love to thy belief, -Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed, And rend the garment of my... Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The role of benefactor is worse than thankless, it's the role of a victim, Doctor, a sacrificial victim, yes, they want your blood, Doctor, they want your blood on the altar steps of their outraged, outrageous egos! Tennessee Williams
Bill Bruford quote: "We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol."
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol. Bill Bruford
My job is my sport so I have to make sure that I stay focussed on it. I train almost every day so it takes up a lot of my life and you don't want to bring any new distractions into your life. Sally Pearson