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

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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...

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

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.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

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

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

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

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

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but...

I may be able to forgive and forget, but things will never be the same...

I may be able to forgive and forget, but things will never be the same...