12 Insightful Leo Tolstoy Quotes

1. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy


2.  “If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Leo Tolstoy


3.  “Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.”
― Leo Tolstoy


4.  “Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!”
― Leo Tolstoy





5.  “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.”
― Leo Tolstoy



6.  “Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...”
― Leo Tolstoy



7.  “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
― Leo Tolstoy


8.  “They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life.”
― Leo Tolstoy


9.  “To get rid of an enemy one must love him. ”
― Leo Tolstoy



10.  “Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.”
― Leo Tolstoy


11.  “Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself. ”
― Leo Tolstoy


12.  “The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.”
― Leo Tolstoy