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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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.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

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...

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.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked...

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.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

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...

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 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...

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.