To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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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...

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature...

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature...

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he...

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according...

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet...

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...

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.

He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.