He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by himself and he could only love beautiful mysterious exceptional women.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Women Quotes

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Faith is the force of life.

Faith is the force of life.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

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...

In saying that without the power of the state, evil men would rule over the...

In saying that without the power of the state, evil men would rule over the...

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...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly...

The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly...

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...

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....

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.