In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

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.

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

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...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

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...

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...

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.

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...

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

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...

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

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

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would...

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would...

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

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

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.

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...

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 that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but...

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but...

Action conquers fear.

Action conquers fear.

Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told...

Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told...