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.

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature...

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he...

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he...

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with...