12 Quotes by Tolstoy

It's bad to be unable to stand solitude.

Todos pensam em mudar a humanidade e ninguém pensa em mudar a si mesmo.

I felt how much better and more dignified it was for me to show off the finer side of my soul than of my body.

Life and death ceased to seem evil, and instead of despair i tasted the joy and happiness that death could not take away.TELL THEM I HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE.

All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.

The very same thing, don't you see, may be looked at tragically, and turned into a misery, or it may be looked at simply and even humorously. Possibly you are inclined to look at things too tragically.

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.

Yaşam tarzım, sizin hoşunuza gidebilir ya da gitmeyebilir, ama benim için hiç fark etmez, beni tanımak istiyorsanız saygı göstermek zorundasınız" anlamı taşıyan soğuk ve mağrur bir tavır takınmıştı.

Говорил он мало. Только просил пить и все чему-то удивлялся.Удивился чему-то, потянулся и помер.("Алёша Горшок", Л.Н. Толстой)