Leo Tolstoy

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.