“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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It is amazing how complete is the
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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The greater the state, the more wrong
“The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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Government is an association of men who
“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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If so many men, so many minds,
“If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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Faith is the sense of life, that
“Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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In the name of God, stop a
“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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All violence consists in some people forcing
“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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A man can live and be healthy
“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.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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Category: life
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In all history there is no war
“In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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War on the other hand is such
“War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.”
— Leo Tolstoy
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Category: war
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