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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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...

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...

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...

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.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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...

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

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...

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...

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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