Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. 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 healthanimalfood The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy humanityinspirationallife We're asleep until we love. Leo Tolstoy falling-in-lovefall 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 independentwarpeace I imagine, joking apart, that to know love, one must make mistakes and then correct them. Leo Tolstoy mistakeorderthinking 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 churchnamesmen I am always with myself, and it is I who am my tormentor. Leo Tolstoy mentorself-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 responsibleseeingmad 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 strugglerainmean 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 buildingdestructionbody 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 strugglelawchildren But our idea is that the wolves should be fed and the sheep kept safe. Leo Tolstoy safesheepideas The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy patiencemotivationallife The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. Leo Tolstoy warriortimepatience To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business. Leo Tolstoy honestybusinessintegrity Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man. Leo Tolstoy povertyeyemen 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-lifelife-isreason The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves. Leo Tolstoy derangedinsanitypeople 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 prideoppositesorder
