More Quotes by Lev Tolstoy
Not only does the action of Governments not deter men from crimes; on the contrary, it increases crime by always disturbing and lowering the moral standard of society.
Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.
When a person inflates his own importance, he does not see his own sins; and his sins get bigger right along with him.
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.
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
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.
For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.
Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
