Leo Tolstoy | patriotism
The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.
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Leo Tolstoy | nature
Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.
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Leo Tolstoy | nature
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.
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Leo Tolstoy | men
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy | men
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one’s reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.
Leo Tolstoy | men
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.