1,507 Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

How could you not see that I'm a woman? Yes, a woman, who might belong to anyone - yes, even to you,

They could not understand the self denial of our emperor, who wants nothing for himself and everything for the good of the world.

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking; where it is absent, discussion is apt to become worse than useless.

The Revolution was a grand thing!" continued Monsieur Pierre, betraying by this desperate and provocative proposition his extreme youth and his wish to express all that was in his mind.

It boils down to this: we should have done with humbug, and let war be war, and not a game ... If there were none of this magnanimity business in warfare, we should never go to war, except for something worth facing certain death for.

Always wetweating-always wetweating!

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

Uno stato d'animo si può comunicare solo attraverso un'opera d'arte. Necessariamente un libro o è una discussione, una esposizione di certe nozioni o informazioni oppure è un'opera d'arte.

O homem não tem poder sobre nada enquanto tem medo da morte. E quem não tem medo da morte possui tudo.