(9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910).
Usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy.
Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.
Leo Tolstoy (1908). Photo: wikipedia.org
But their eyes when they met spoke more fondly and kissed tenderly.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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Without love living is easy; but it’s meaningless.
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If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being.
Photo by wikipedia.org. 📌 Meaning:“If you feel pain, you are alive.” Pain (physical or emotional) is a sign that you “exist,” that your “nervous system/feelings are working,” that you are not numb or dulled. It emphasizes: “Life is not all pleasure; suffering is also part of being human.” “If you feel other people’s pain, you are human.” This is about “empathy/compassion”: the ability to inwardly recognize and feel the suffering of others. The “human being” in the moral sense is someone who “sympathizes” and is not indifferent. Key idea: “experiencing pain = biological life; feeling the pain of others = moral humanity.” 🧠❤️ 🧾 Origin & distribution: This quote circulates mainly as an “internet quote/saying” in various languages (including English and Russian-like translations). It has all the hallmarks of a “paraphrase” (free rendering) or a “later formulated summary” of an idea about empathy, rather than a verifiable quote from a single source. It is often shared without exact attribution (no book/chapter/letter), which usually points to “questionable attribution.” ✍️ Author: Is this by Leo Tolstoy?: “There is no well-documented, primary source” (e.g., “War and Peace,” “Anna Karenina,” diaries, letters) in which Tolstoy would have written this “literally” like this. The attribution to “Leo Tolstoy” therefore seems “uncertain” and likely a “misattribution” (a quote later “attached” to a famous name). ⚠️ Tolstoy did write frequently about: “compassion,” “Morals,” “suffering,” “humanity,” themes that “fit” this saying. But “fit” is not the same as “written by him.” Conclusion: ✅ Idea: in line with Tolstoy’s themes. Literal quote: “not reliably attributable to Tolstoy” without a primary source.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong, because the majority share in it.
Photo: Manfred Richter
Don’t tell me about your faith, show me your faith in your actions.
Leo Tolstoj. Photo: fb
As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.
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An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person’s main task in life…. becoming a better person.
Leo Tolstoj. Photo: English Literatuur info – fb
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.
Leo Tolstoy. Photo: unansea.com
L’une des premières conditions du bonheur est que le lien entre l’homme et la nature ne soit pas rompu.
Léon Tolstoï. Photo: unansea.com
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
Sunset – Acrylic on canvas – Etsy.
Everyone thinks about changing the world, but no one thinks about changing themselves.
Photo: Anthony Tori
The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she… the other is where she is not.
Leo Tolstoj Photo: Anatomy of Literature
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own believes. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.
Leo Tolstoy Photo: blogger.com. Meaning: Thinking requires some form of intellectual courage.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
