Leo Tolstoy Quotes
10 quotes
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author on morality, spirituality, and human nature
10 Quotes
If you want to be happy, be
— A Calendar of Wisdom
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness
— The Kreutzer Sonata, Chapter 15
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed
— Anna Karenina, Part IV, Chapter 1
Music is the shorthand of emotion
— What Is Art?
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time
— War and Peace, Book X, Chapter 16
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
— Anna Karenina, Part I, Chapter 1
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience
— War and Peace, Book Ten, Chapter XV
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself
— Thoughts (also known as Wise Thoughts for Every Day)
Boredom: the desire for desires
— Anna Karenina, Part VII, Chapter 2
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth
— War and Peace, Book IX, Chapter XVI