It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Delusion Quotes, Goodness Quotes

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

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...

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to...

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...

A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat...

A human can be healthy without killing animals for food. Therefore if he eats meat...

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

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...

If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

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 learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.