Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy ( 10 of 24 )
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might read more
You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through it!
We lost because we told ourselves we lost
We lost because we told ourselves we lost
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in read more
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
