There are such repulsive faces in the world.
Weitere Zitate von Leo Tolstoy
Zum Autor"If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state."
"In the legal respect, after the execution of the supposed incendiaries, the other half of Moscow burned down."
"You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom."
"...Those children were already beginning to repay her care by affording her small joys. These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing but sand; yet there were brighter moments when she felt nothing but joy, saw nothing but the gold."
"Our life has been joined, not by man, but by God. That union can only be severed by a crime, and a crime of that nature brings its own chastisement."
"The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions."