Quotes by Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Boredom: the desire for desires. >>

The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. No >>

Quotations about Service

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who >>

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; >>

The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the num >>

Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Tolstoy, Count Leo