Leo Tolstoy Inspirational Quotes

Quotes about: Inspirational

• Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon". Book by Mark A. Bryan with Julia Cameron and Catherine A. Allen, p. 160, 1999.
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  Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Trust, Spiritual

• Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Resurrection, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilyich... (Including Biographies of the Author)”, p.1092, e-artnow

• We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.348, Vintage

• All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Karma, Peace

  "The Law of Love and the Law of Violence". Treatise by Leo Tolstoy, 1908.

• There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Truth

  Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1071, Vintage

• The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Humanity

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Kingdom of God Is Within You”, p.269, Xist Publishing

• A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Happiness, Country

  Leo Tolstoy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)”, p.390, Delphi Classics

• Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Art, Design

  'What is Art?' (1898) ch. 19 (translated by Maude)

• I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one's self simply, like a boy.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Boys, Self

• He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Romantic, Long

  "Anna Karenina". Novel by Leo Tolstoy. Part 1, Chapter 9, 1878.

• We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Positive, Attitude

• I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Sorry, Mean

  What Then Must We Do? ch. 16 (1886) (translation by Aylmer Maude)

• 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

  Inspirational, Intelligent, Men

  graf Leo Tolstoy, Constance Garnett, David Taffel (2005). “The Kingdom of God is Within You: Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion But as a New Theory of Life”, p.45, Barnes & Noble Publishing

• One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Karma, Men

• Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Time, Waiting

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “War and Peace”, p.1123, Leo Tolstoy

• All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Funny, Family

  Anna Karenina pt. 1, ch. 1 (1875 - 1877) (translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude) See Susan Cheever 1

• 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

  Inspirational, Making A Difference, Bread

  graf Leo Tolstoy (1911). “What Tolstoy Taught”

• Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Mind, Hiding

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

• 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

  Inspirational, Heart, Light

  "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy, translated by P. Sekirin, (November 26), 1997.

• There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Way

  "Anna Karenina".

• The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Meaning Of Life, Intellect

• What is important is not the length of life, but the depth of life. What is important is not to make life longer, but to take your soul out of time, as every sublime act does.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Length Of Life, Soul

  "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy, 1903 - 1910.

• A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, People, Meals

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.164, Simon and Schuster

• Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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