Leo Tolstoy

I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure human sympathy is more valuable than ideology.

Leo Tolstoy

I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.

Leo Tolstoy

I can’t understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.

Leo Tolstoy

I don’t allow myself to doubt myself even for a moment.

Leo Tolstoy

I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.

Leo Tolstoy

I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception.

Leo Tolstoy

I often think how unfairly life’s good fortune is sometimes distributed.

Leo Tolstoy

I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.

Leo Tolstoy

I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

Leo Tolstoy

I think that in order to know love one must make a mistake and then correct it.

Leo Tolstoy