If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such…

Quote by Leo 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...

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...

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of...

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of...

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...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

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.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.