1,507 Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand

Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making the person standing at your side happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.

Tu puñal de acero ha rasgado mi blanco pecho; pero he apoyado contra la herida a mi niño y lo he lavado con mi sangre caliente. Con eso la herida ha cicatrizado sin hierbas ni raíces. No he temido a la muerte; tampoco la temerá mi niño valiente

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

You need feeling, emotion, to create. You can't create out of indifference.

No, life is not over at thirty-one!" Prince Andrei suddenly decided finally and decisively.

He was nine years old; he was a child; he he knew his own soul, it was precious to him, he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and without the key of love he let no one into his soul.

These people are the most fundamental unbelievers, because if faith for them is a means of attaining some worldly goals, then that is certainly not faith.