Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, (1828-1910), Russian author Quotes

There never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self-control.

There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time that we have any power.

I am used to praying when I am alone, thank God. But when I come together with other people, when I need more than ever to pray, I still cannot get used to it.

We do not love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them.

I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.

The only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him, in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence.

We should show our lives not as it is or how it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams.

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. And to act so is immoral.

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience, not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.