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, Life Quotes, Social Service Quotes

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices...

Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices...

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 question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological...

The question was a fashionable one, whether a definite line exists between psychological and physiological...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The...

The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The...

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...

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...

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are,...

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are,...

Whatever happens to be in style.

Whatever happens to be in style.

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought...

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

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

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 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...

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...

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......

No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless. That's how God...

No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless. That's how God...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

That awkward moment when your friend is getting yelled at by their parents and you...

That awkward moment when your friend is getting yelled at by their parents and you...