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 ... it is the work and not the reward that is precious. Leo Tolstoy rewards work I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether. Leo Tolstoy renounce obliged violence We shall all of us die, so why should I grudge a little trouble? Leo Tolstoy grudge trouble littles ... a man has to think of his soul before everything else. Leo Tolstoy soul men thinking There are many faiths, but the spirit is one. Leo Tolstoy spirit men religion There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife. Leo Tolstoy men-and-women wife men Commit no act that is contrary to love. Leo Tolstoy contrary commit love And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful. Leo Tolstoy charm peaceful thinking Well, so it isn't time yet to die, is it? Leo Tolstoy wells dies death There's a way out of every situation. Leo Tolstoy situation circumstances way Love those you hate you. Leo Tolstoy hate-you hate It is no sin to look at a nice girl. Leo Tolstoy nice girl looks All art has this characteristic-it unites people. Leo Tolstoy characteristics people art The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes. Leo Tolstoy mistake blood people Why nowadays there's a new fashion every day. Leo Tolstoy fashion What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important. Leo Tolstoy quality important knowing In order to carry through any undertaking in family life, there must necessarily be either complete division between the husband and wife, or loving agreement. When the relations of a couple are vacillating and neither one thing nor the other, no sort of enterprise can be undertake. Many families remain for years in the same place, though both husband and wife are sick of it, simply because there is neither complete division nor agreement between them. Leo Tolstoy husband couple agreement If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side! Leo Tolstoy sides home way Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to consider themselves very important. Whereas intelligence, honesty, straightforwardness, good-naturedness and morality are qualities usually found among people who claim to be non-believers. Leo Tolstoy quality honesty people Is it possible to say what one really feels? Leo Tolstoy wisest feels
