Leo Tolstoy Quotes
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian novelist and moral philosopher whose two great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are among the supreme achievements of world literature. After completing Anna Karenina he underwent a spiritual crisis recorded in A Confession, and devoted the second half of his life to a radical Christian anarchism centered on the Sermon on the Mount, the renunciation of violence, and the dignity of manual labor. The quotes below are attributed to Leo Tolstoy, organized by topic.
Leo Tolstoy on God
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“The kingdom of God is within you.”
Leo Tolstoy on Happiness
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“If you want to be happy, be.”
Leo Tolstoy on Love
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”
Leo Tolstoy on Politics
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
Leo Tolstoy on Truth
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
Leo Tolstoy on Virtue
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Attributed to Leo Tolstoy:
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”