Leo Tolstoy Quotes

We lost because we told ourselves we lost.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

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.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

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.

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.

Six feet of land was all that he needed.