“Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”
Leo Tolstoy Quotes · Page 2
1828 – 1910
Russian novelist and moral philosopher, author of 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.
48 quotesAbout Leo Tolstoy on Wikipedia
“To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.”
“By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.”
“In solitude a man generally yields to the first voice; in society to the second.”
“He knew that an apple should not be plucked while it is green.”
“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.”
“I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain.”
“Let people judge me as they please; I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.”
“He felt himself capable of doing the best that man can do.”
“Seek the truth and the Kingdom of God, and the rest will come of itself.”
“God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part.”
“Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love.”
“The savage recognizes life only in himself and his personal desires.”
“The whole life of the upper classes is a constant inconsistency.”
“Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.”
