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«All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| Keywords:
anarchy, equal, for good measure, good and, governments, ideal, measure, The Anarchy
«The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Humanity,
Life,
Social service
| Keywords:
sole
«What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities but wise thoughts»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Beauty,
Goodness
| Keywords:
absurdities, suppose, utters
«I have discovered nothing new, I have only perceived what I already knew.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Knowledge,
Truth,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
perceived
«True life is lived when tiny changes occur.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
changes, occur, tiny, True Life
«The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death; Christianity is humility, penitence, submissiveness, progress, life.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Christianity
| Keywords:
arrogance, Christian Churches, hostile, humility, in common, in name, opposites, penitence, rigidity, submissiveness, The Christian, usurpation, utterly
«Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Generosity,
Happiness,
Joy,
Life,
Social service
| Keywords:
definite, look upon, only if
«The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| Keywords:
general, humanity, individuals, possession, property, the Earth, The General
«You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| Keywords:
in order, in that, in working order, order, pains, reward, seem, take pains
«Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| Keywords:
depend, depend on, on the way, outward
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