Leo Tolstoy Quotes

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

If you want to be happy, be.

Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

I have to create a circle of reading for myself: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, The New Testament. This is also necessary for all people.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life – becoming a better person.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.