“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
Patience
“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.”
TruthAll Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”
Government“If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.”
Men“War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.”
War“If you want to be happy, be.”
Happiness“Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.”
Faith“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Change“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”
Love“There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.”
Truth“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
Change“In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.”
Alone“The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.”
God“War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.”
War“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.”
Death“To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.”
Art“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.”
Food“Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.”
Nature“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”
Happiness“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
Amazing“All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Family