Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
—Leo Tolstoy
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
—Leo Tolstoy
Modern history is like a deaf person who is in the habit of answering questions that no one has put to him.
—Leo Tolstoy
You will die and find out everything — or cease asking.
—Leo Tolstoy
The State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens.
—Leo Tolstoy
By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.
—Leo Tolstoy
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from those calamities which now oppress them; it is only needful not to lie.
—Leo Tolstoy
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.
—Leo Tolstoy
The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.
—Leo Tolstoy