Leo Tolstoy

Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.

Leo Tolstoy

Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

Leo Tolstoy

Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.

Leo Tolstoy

Music is love in search of a voice.

Leo Tolstoy

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Leo Tolstoy

My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.

Leo Tolstoy

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit.

Leo Tolstoy

One must put oneself in every one’s position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Leo Tolstoy

People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

Leo Tolstoy

People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing – refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.

Leo Tolstoy