Author: Leo Tolstoy

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Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

- Leo Tolstoy

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

- Leo Tolstoy

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

- Leo Tolstoy

If you want to be happy, be.

If you want to be happy, be.

- Leo Tolstoy

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

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

- Leo Tolstoy

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

- Leo Tolstoy

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

- Leo Tolstoy

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

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

- Leo Tolstoy

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

- Leo Tolstoy

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