Leo Tolstoy
10 quotes
“The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor. What Is To Be Done? (1886) Chap. XXXVIII, as translated in The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï (1902) edited by Nathan Haskell Dole, p. 259”
“Six feet of land was all that he needed. How Much Land Does a Man Need?”
“I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back. Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence”
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence”
“Where Love Is, God Is”
“I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders. My Religion (1884), as translated in The Human Experience : Contemporary American and Soviet Fiction and Poetry (1989) by the Quaker US/USSR Committee”
“Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth. Only deeds of truth, by introducing light into the conscience of each individual, can dissolve the cohesion of error, and detach men one by one from the mass united together by the cohesion of error. My Religion (1884), Ch. 12”
“My Religion (1884), Ch. 8 В чем моя вера?”
“...никогда Христос ... ни одним словом не утверждал личное воскресение и бессмертие личности за гробом... Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.”
“The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth. Sevastopol in May (1855), Ch. 16”