tolstoy Quotes

“To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.”

“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.”

“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.”

“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.”

“In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.”

“To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it.”

“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”