Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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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...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...

It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do...

We have become so accustomed to the religious lie that surrounds us that we do...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

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

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

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...

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

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

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

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given...

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.