More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
There can be only one permanent revolution- a moral one: the regeneration of the inner man.
If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present.
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.
The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful.
Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.
Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.
