Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer

Lived from: 1828 - 1910

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagRussia

Born: 9 september 1828 Died: 20 november 1910

  • Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

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  • All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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  • Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
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  • A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator the smaller the fraction.
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  • A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.
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  • Boredom: the desire for desires.
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  • But the peasants - how do the peasants die?
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  • Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment and its wars.
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  • Conceit is incompatible with understanding.
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  • Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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  • Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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  • He never chooses an opinion, he just wears whatever happens to be in style.
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  • Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.
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  • I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor.
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  • 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.
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  • If you want to be happy, be.
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  • It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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  • 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.
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  • Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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  • Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
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  • Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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What are the most famous quotes from Leo Tolstoy?

The two most famous quotes from Leo Tolstoy are:

  • "All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
  • "Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced."

When did Leo Tolstoy live?

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 and died in the year 1910.