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

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

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...

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from...

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...

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

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.

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.

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

If you want to be happy, be.

If you want to be happy, be.

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 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....

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's...

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's...

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart...

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart...

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage...

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain, subdues the rage...