“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

About Leo Tolstoy

1828 – 1910

Russian novelist and moral philosopher, author of 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.

“Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.”

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

“Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!”

“To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,— That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.”

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”

“To children is there any happiness which is not also noise?”

“Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.”