He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others. Leo Tolstoy More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy More Quotes From Leo Tolstoy Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands. Leo Tolstoy be-you hands people Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Leo Tolstoy design inspirational art Teach French and unteach sincerity. Leo Tolstoy sincerity teach In former times the chief method of justifying the use of violence and thereby infringing the law of love was by claiming a divine right for the rulers: the Tsars, Sultans, Rajahs, Shahs and other heads of states. Leo Tolstoy divine-right government law How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it. Leo Tolstoy light god heart A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it. Leo Tolstoy battle winning Well, my theory is this: war is such a terrible, such an atrocious, thing that no man, at least no Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of beginning it; but it belongs to government alone, when it becomes inevitable. Leo Tolstoy responsibility christian war Go take the mother's soul, and learn three truths: Learn What dwells in man, What is not given to man , and What men live by . When thou hast learnt these things, thou shalt return to heaven. Leo Tolstoy mother men heaven Why am I going?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I am going in order to be where you are," said he. "I cannot do otherwise." "Not a word, not a movement of yours will I ever forget, nor can I. Leo Tolstoy movement eye order What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine navigation and aerial navigation, nor powerful explosives, nor all sorts of conveniences to add to the enjoyment of the rich, ruling classes... but one thing only is needful: the knowledge of the simple and clear truth ...that for our life one law is valid - the law of love, which brings the highest happiness to every individual as well as to all mankind. Leo Tolstoy powerful simple life We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do not notice the atrocity, stupidity and cruelty with which the teaching of the Christian church is permeated. Leo Tolstoy religious christian lying Under the influence of music, it seems that I feel what I do not really feel, that I understand what I do not understand, that I do what I cannot do. Leo Tolstoy influence seems feels I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it. Leo Tolstoy stills knows wanted The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold Leo Tolstoy truth-is bigger gold It's like scarlet fever: one has to get it over." "Then one should invent a way of inoculating love, like vaccination. Leo Tolstoy fever should way Suddenly I heard the words of Christ and understood them, and life and death ceased to seem to me evil, and instead of despair I experienced happiness and the joy of life undisturbed by death. Leo Tolstoy life-and-death evil joy Either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it. Leo Tolstoy vanity sacrifice ease There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes. Leo Tolstoy intelligent boys years In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under the menace of despair, had become still stronger and purer. The one mystery of death, still unsolved, had scarcely passed before his eyes, when another mystery had arisen, as insoluble, urging him to love and to life. Leo Tolstoy life-and-love despair eye If I had any doubts at all about the justice of my dislike for Shakespeare, that doubt vanished completely. What a crude, immoral,vulgar, and senseless work Hamlet is. The whole thing is based on pagan vengeance; the only aim is to gather together as many effects as possible; there is no rhyme or reason about it. Leo Tolstoy doubt together justice
