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 is very good but that most people can’t eat it. Leo Tolstoy
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. Leo Tolstoy
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them. Leo Tolstoy
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognises it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised. Leo Tolstoy
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. Leo Tolstoy
All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy. Leo Tolstoy
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. Leo Tolstoy
In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty. Leo Tolstoy