Author: Leo Tolstoy

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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

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

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.

- Leo Tolstoy

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

- Leo Tolstoy

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

- Leo Tolstoy

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

- 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

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

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

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