Quotes by Tolstoy, Count Leo

True life is lived when tiny changes occur. >>

A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he >>

All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhap >>

Quotations about Generals

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of >>

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim ea >>

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who a >>

The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the contrary he needs the absence of the highest and best human attributes -- love, poetry, tenderness, and philosophic inquiring doubt. He should be limited, firmly convinced that what he is doing is very important (otherwise he will not have sufficient patience), and only then will he be a brave leader. God forbid that he should be humane, should love, or pity, or think of what is just and unjust.

Tolstoy, Count Leo