Leo Tolstoy Quotes
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and entrepreneur. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.
"To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature."
-- Leo Tolstoy"The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary."
-- Leo Tolstoy"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."
-- Leo Tolstoy"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Boredom: the desire for desires."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Music is the shorthand of emotion."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Spring is the time of plans and projects."
-- Leo Tolstoy"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth."
-- Leo Tolstoy"The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity."
-- Leo Tolstoy"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."
-- Leo Tolstoy"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."
-- Leo Tolstoy"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
-- Leo Tolstoy"If you want to be happy, be."
-- Leo Tolstoy"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and entrepreneur. Their most powerful quotes on life, success and human nature are collected here for daily inspiration and reflection.
One of Leo Tolstoy's most widely shared quotes is: "If you want to be happy, be.".
On wisdom, Leo Tolstoy said: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.".
On mindset, Leo Tolstoy said: "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.".
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