The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death; Christianity is humility, penitence, submissiveness, progress, life.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the...

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

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

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

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...

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...

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

If you are content with the old world, try to preserve it, it is very...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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 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 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...

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

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...

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.

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...

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.