Leo Tolstoy

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#inspirational #religious #inspirational

One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees... ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#earth #love #nature #love

But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#capitalism #dishonest #hierarchy #honest #labor

Doctoring her seemed to her as absurd as putting together the pieces of a broken vase. Her heart was broken. Why would they try to cure her with pills and powders? ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#broken-heart #heart #heartache #heartbreak #pills

We love people not so much for the good they've done us, as for the good we've done them. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#love

He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#leo-tolstoy #love #love

It will pass, it will all pass, we're going to be so happy! If our love could grow any stronger it would grow stronger because there is something horrifying in it, ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#love

Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#humor #medicine #humor

Everybody thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#world #change

He is not apprehended by reason, but by life. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#life #reason #life