Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason. Leo Tolstoy More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy More Quotes From Leo Tolstoy Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. Leo Tolstoy trustspiritualinspirational Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change. Leo Tolstoy wisdompeopleideas The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy intelligentinspirationalmen The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. Leo Tolstoy keyswisepeople Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare for the night and for the winter time, but do not prepare for death. We must prepare for death. But there is only one way to prepare for death - and that is to live well. Leo Tolstoy summerwinternight I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on. Leo Tolstoy storiessideswriting If you want to be happy, be. Leo Tolstoy birthdayhappinesslife Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it. Leo Tolstoy messengerssecretdoe Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself. Leo Tolstoy christianworldthinking Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind....Fo r Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness. Leo Tolstoy humankindpursuitempowering An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person. Leo Tolstoy arrogant-personarroganceperfect What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility. Leo Tolstoy weddingmarriagerelationship It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty. Leo Tolstoy love-youbeautylove My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat. Leo Tolstoy making-a-differencebreadinspirational There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. Leo Tolstoy truthinspiringinspirational The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life. Leo Tolstoy guidesimportantway The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life. Leo Tolstoy intellectmeaning-of-lifeinspirational Flesh eating is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to moral feeling: By killing, man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity, that of sympathy and pity towards living creatures like himself and by violating his own feelings becomes cruel." "As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields. Leo Tolstoy vegetarianismspiritualmen Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life. Leo Tolstoy universal-lifemenart Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power. Leo Tolstoy patriotismambitionmean
