"We are shocked by thieves taking pride in their clever touch, prostitutes in their depravity and murderers in their callousness. But it is shocking on...
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
More Leo Tolstoy quotes
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and he...
"If you want to be happy, be.
"The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.
"The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.
"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.
"The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake ...
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in ...
"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.
"To destroy the life that dwells in othersis beyond your power. The life of those you have slainhas vanished from your eyes, but is not destroyed. Yout...
"The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolut...
"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.
"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
"Without knowledge of what I am and why I am here, it is impossible to live, and since I cannot know that, I cannot live either. In an infinity of time...