Leo Tolstoy Quotes About Meaning Of Life

Quotes about: Meaning Of Life

• 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

• Just imagine that the purpose of life is happinesss only-
  then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing.You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity,your intellect and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.Then life becomes a joy

  Leo Tolstoy

  Heart, Joy, Humanity

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Meaning Of Life, Intellect

• The meaning of life consists in the love and service of God.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Meaning Of Life

• If you do not know your place in the world and the meaning of your life, you should know there is something to blame; and it is not the social system, or your intellect, but the way in which you have directed your intellect.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Meaning Of Life, World, Way

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

• For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Men, Able, Meaning Of Life

  Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2006). “A Confession: Easyread Edition”, p.55, ReadHowYouWant.com

• The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Men, Humanity, Meaning Of Life

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

• Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Helping Others, Meaning Of Life, Helping

• The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life...

  Leo Tolstoy

  Appreciation, Art, Understanding

  "What is Art?". Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1897.

• I looked more widely around me, I studied the lives of the masses of humanity, and I saw that, not two or three, or ten, but hundreds, thousands, millions, had so understood the meaning of life that they were able both to live and to die. All these people were well acquainted with the meaning of life and death, quietly labored, endured privation and suffering, lived and died, and saw in all this, not a vain, but a good thing.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Life, Courage, Two

• Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Meaning Of Life, Circumstances, Science And Religion

  Leo Tolstoy (2014). “My Religion”, p.105, The Floating Press

• He could not be mistaken. There were no other eyes like those in the world. There was only one creature in the world who could concentrate for him all the brightness and meaning of life. It was she. It was Kitty.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Eye, Meaning Of Life, World

  Leo Tolstoy (2015). “Anna Karenina (The Illustrated Edition): 40 original pictures from the first book with illustrations in 1913”, p.428, CCEL

• It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.

  Leo Tolstoy

  People, Meaning Of Life, Majority

  "A Calendar of Wisdom" by Leo Tolstoy, April 30.

• In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies this meaning to the course of circumstances.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Philosophy, Mind, Religion

  Leo Tolstoy (2014). “My Religion”, p.105, The Floating Press

• Nothing prevents our denying life by suicide. well then, kill yourself, and you won't discuss. If life displeases you, kill yourself! You live, and cannot understand the meaning of life - then finish it, and do not fool about in life, saying and writing that you do not understand it. You have come into good company where people are contented and know what they are doing; if you find it dull and repulsive - go away!

  Leo Tolstoy

  Suicide, Writing, People

  Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2006). “A Confession: Easyread Edition”, p.46, ReadHowYouWant.com

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