Leo Tolstoy Quotes

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you, consider what you are and what you ought to be, – think of the ideal.[Pади бога, остановитесь хоть на мгновение, перестаньте работать, оглянитесь вокруг, подумайте, что вы из себя представляете и какими бы вы должны были быть, подумайте об идеале.]

If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.

Everyone thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.[Все думают о том, чтобы изменить мир, но никто не думает о том, чтобы изменить себя.]

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.