More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.
The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth
Happiness is in your ability to love others.
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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?
