More Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.
Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.
Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid
The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not.
