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

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

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....

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

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

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

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...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound...

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...

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

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...

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...

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...

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...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or...

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for...

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for...