Leo Tolstoy Quotes About Pride

Quotes about: Pride

• 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

  Pride, Order, Opposites

  "The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy".

• He liked to fish; he seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Stupid, Pride, Fishing

  "Anna Karenina".

• And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Pride, Stupidity, Dishonesty

• In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Pride, Men, Order

• Yes, there is something in me hateful, repulsive," thought Ljewin, as he came away from the Schtscherbazkijs', and walked in the direction of his brother's lodgings. "And I don't get on with other people. Pride, they say. No, I have no pride. If I had any pride, I should not have put myself in such a position".

  Leo Tolstoy

  Brother, Pride, People

• If it were not so frightening it would be amusing to observe the pride and complacency with which we, like children, take apart the watch, pull out the spring and make a toy of it, and are then surprised when the watch stops working.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Children, Spring, Pride

  Leo Tolstoy (1987). “A Confession and Other Religious Writings”, p.86, Penguin UK

• Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as soon as I would give in to vile passions I was praised and encouraged. Ambition, love of power, self-interest, lechery, pride, anger, vengeance-all of it was highly esteemed.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Passion, Ambition, Pride

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