Instead of every man directing his energies to freeing himself, to transforming his conception of life, people seek for an external united method of gaining freedom, and continue to rivet their chains faster and faster. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “By faith it appears that in order to understand the meaning of life…”
By faith it appears that in order to understand the meaning of life I must renounce my reason, the very thing for which alone a meaning is required. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “We are enslaved by the laws we set up…”
We are enslaved by the laws we set up for our protection, which have become our oppression. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Human life changes not from the alteration of external forms…”
Human life changes not from the alteration of external forms, but only from the internal work of each man upon himself. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Even the strongest current of water…”
Even the strongest current of water cannot add a drop to a cup which is already full. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “As we live through thousands of dreams…”
As we live through thousands of dreams in our present life, so is our present life only one of many thousands of such lives which we enter from the other more real life and then return after death. Our life is but one of the dreams of that more real life, and so it is endlessly, until the very last […]
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “The decrease of the general cause of suffering…”
The decrease of the general cause of suffering — illusion — is the only pleasant work which lies before a man, and gives him that true happiness in which his life consists. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Who has hired you as a nurse to this sick society?”
Who has hired you as a nurse to this sick society? Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “The worst of human errors…”
The worst of human errors spring in most cases from the fact that men who stand on a low intellectual level, when they encounter events of a higher order, instead of trying to rise to the higher level from which these events can be rightly viewed, and making an effort to understand them, judge them by their own low standards, […]
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “I have no inclination to assault myself…”
I have no inclination to assault myself; it would be of no use. You may do it yourselves if you choose — I refuse. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
