We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

Topics: Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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...

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.

Lastly, do I vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...

So dear I love him, that with him all deaths I could endure, without him...