1,507 Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

Reason was given to people to help them escape reality.

Pure and complete is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Boredom, the desire for desires.

The first rule of achieving goodness is this: think only about self-perfection.

All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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

Every misconception is a poison: there are no harmless misconceptions.