Quotes from Tolstoy, Leo

And however much the princess was assured that in our time young people themselves must settle their fate, she was unable to believe it, as she would have been unable to believe that in anyone's time the best toys for five-year-old children would be loaded pistols.

The very same thing, don't you see, may be looked at tragically, and turned into a misery, or it may be looked at simply and even humorously. Possibly you are inclined to look at things too tragically.

I felt how much better and more dignified it was for me to show off the finer side of my soul than of my body.

It's bad to be unable to stand solitude.

Todos pensam em mudar a humanidade e ninguém pensa em mudar a si mesmo.