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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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

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

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

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 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.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom: the desire for desires.

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...

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.