Leo Tolstoy

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Leo Tolstoy

A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away.

Leo Tolstoy

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

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Leo Tolstoy

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Leo Tolstoy

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Leo Tolstoy

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

Leo Tolstoy

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

Always the same. Now a spark of hope flashes up, then a sea of despair rages, and always pain; always pain, always despair, and always the same.

Leo Tolstoy