I was now prepared to accept any faith so long as it did not demand a direct denial of reason, which would have been a deceit. Leo Tolstoy More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy More Quotes From Leo Tolstoy 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. Leo Tolstoy health animal food The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy humanity inspirational life We're asleep until we love. Leo Tolstoy falling-in-love fall In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. Leo Tolstoy independent war peace I imagine, joking apart, that to know love, one must make mistakes and then correct them. Leo Tolstoy mistake order thinking Do not be sad about what you do not have. Instead, be happy about what you do have. If you will be sad about what you don't have, you will not be happy about what you do have. Leo Tolstoy ifs But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time. Leo Tolstoy church names men I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. Leo Tolstoy mentor self-control Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing? Leo Tolstoy responsible seeing mad The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain. Leo Tolstoy struggle rain mean Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the destruction of the scaffolding and of the body. Leo Tolstoy building destruction body Where did I get it from? Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbour and not throttle him? They told me so when I was a child, and I gladly believed it, because they told me what was already in my soul. But who discovered it? Not reason! Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable. Leo Tolstoy struggle law children But our idea is that the wolves should be fed and the sheep kept safe. Leo Tolstoy safe sheep ideas The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy patience motivational life The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. Leo Tolstoy warrior time patience To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business. Leo Tolstoy honesty business integrity Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man. Leo Tolstoy poverty eye men For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all. Leo Tolstoy human-life life-is reason The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves. Leo Tolstoy deranged insanity people In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty. Leo Tolstoy pride opposites order
