Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.””

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.””

“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.””

“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.””

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.””

“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?””

“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.””

“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor”

“Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.””

“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.””

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.””

“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.””

“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...””

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.””