War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its...

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

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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.

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...

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...

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of...

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...

The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is...