35 Leo Tolstoy Quotes that Explore All Life’s Aspects

Until they throw the money changers out of the temple of art, it will never be a real temple.

Mysterious language is not a sign of wisdom. The wiser a person is, the simpler the language he uses to express his thoughts.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

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.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

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

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.

Why are you sad? . Because you speak to me in words, and i look at you with feelings.

Religion and law try to escape from criticism, religion by saying that it is divine and law by showing that it is powerful.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

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.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.