Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy sayings, quotes and teachings.

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But the church could not allow this and used the most effective means against this dissent and its dissemination: violence.

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True religion, true faith, makes us sons of God, not His slaves. To know God means to love God, to rely on Him, & live according to His law.

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Most people whom we call evil became that way because they took their bad mood as their natural state and gave in to it.

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It’s better to know a little thoroughly than to know many things superficially.

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Saying “a rich Christian” is like saying “liquid ice.”

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People say you need to fear God. This isn’t true. You must love God, not fear Him. It’s impossible to love that which you fear.

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We utterly falsely ascribe intelligence and goodness to talent, as we do to beauty. This is massive self-deception.

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As long as violence is considered lawful, people cannot have good and rational lives.

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Does God exist? I don't know. I know there's a law governing my spiritual being. The source of and reason for that law is what I call God.

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The more a person lives for the soul rather than the body, the more he feels his unity with all living beings.

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Charity is only a good deed when you give out of your own labors.

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True kindness is not only a virtue and a joy but also a weapon in battle far more powerful than violence.

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"But if a place could be found as cook?" I said. "A cook--but I don't know how to make bread," she said & laughed.

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If you do not want to work, you will live either by humiliation or violence, or by stealing from others.

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You truly succeed in doing good only when you pay no attention to your success.

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Be careful if you want to strike the devil in another person but fail to notice the presence of God in them.