Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

"Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."

"A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul."

"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen."

"Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth."

"I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders."

"If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."

"If one loves, one loves the whole person as he or she is, and not as one might wish them to be."

"If there is no higher reason--and there is none--then my own reason must be the supreme judge of my life."

"Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness."

"Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity."

"Only those live who do good."

"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."

"The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor."

"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people."

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."