Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Generosity Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Joy Quotes, Life Quotes, Social Service Quotes

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister

Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister

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

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

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

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force....

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

The educated minority, although no longer believing in the existing religious teaching, still pretend to...

The educated minority, although no longer believing in the existing religious teaching, still pretend to...

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...

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...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the...

Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the...

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of...

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...

Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the...