It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If there were none of this magnanimity business in warfare, we should never go to war, except for something worth facing certain death for. Leo Tolstoy More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy More Quotes From Leo Tolstoy A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction. Leo Tolstoy mathmenthinking Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy changemotivationalinspirational Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking. Leo Tolstoy independenthonestyfear Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. Leo Tolstoy changing-your-lifemajoritydoe Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. Leo Tolstoy lovelifereality 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. Leo Tolstoy moving-onpatienceinspiring If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life. Leo Tolstoy growthsoulhappiness Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Leo Tolstoy things-in-lifelearningreal Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source. Leo Tolstoy lovelifemean Act as if you are, and you will become such. Leo Tolstoy ifsinspiringgraduation I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. Leo Tolstoy carpe-diemignorancebelieve When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. Leo Tolstoy loving-someonemarriagelove Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. Leo Tolstoy empty-placesrespectlove 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. Leo Tolstoy lightheartinspirational If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people. Leo Tolstoy wanttryingpeople Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins. Leo Tolstoy new-yearchangejourney All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Leo Tolstoy marriagelovelife Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man. Leo Tolstoy sufferinglawmen Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth Leo Tolstoy hidingmindinspirational All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. Leo Tolstoy journeywritingmen
