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

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

Faith is the force of life.

Faith is the force of life.

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 sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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...

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...

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by...

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by...

Whatever happens to be in style.

Whatever happens to be in style.

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...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

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

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

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...

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 two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

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

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

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange...

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

Future's the only flower worth tending in this earth, where I sow my words daily:...

Future's the only flower worth tending in this earth, where I sow my words daily:...

I'm a teenager. I text at the speed of light, listen to my music too...

I'm a teenager. I text at the speed of light, listen to my music too...