Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( – ), also known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories.
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. Use this quote
To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it. Use this quote
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Use this quote
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Use this quote
True life is lived when tiny changes occur. Use this quote
Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. Use this quote
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. Use this quote
Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live. Use this quote
All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Use this quote
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. Use this quote