Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.
Leo TolstoyThe subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words--that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.
Leo TolstoyThat only shows you have no heart,’ she said. But her eyes said that she knew he had a heart, and that was why she was afraid of him
Leo TolstoyEvery man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.
Leo TolstoyThe vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because vegetarianism itself is such an important step towards the realization of this kingdom (all real steps are equally important or unimportant), but because it serves as a criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of man is genuine and sincere.
Leo Tolstoy