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More Quotes by Lev Tolstoy
The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
All our problems are caused by forgetting what lives within us, and we sell our souls for the “bowl of stew” of bodily satisfactions.
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.
Let people judge me as they please - I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.
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.
When a person inflates his own importance, he does not see his own sins; and his sins get bigger right along with him.
If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing - and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
