Wisdom Quote by Leo Tolstoy — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”

“So those are the direct answers human wisdom gives when it answers the question of life. "The life of the body is evil and a lie. And therefore the destruction of this life of the body is something good, and we must desire it," says Socrates. "Life is that which ought not be - an evil - and the going into nothingness is the sole good of life," says Schopenhauer. "Everything in the world - folly and wisdom and riches and poverty and happiness and grief - all is vanity and nonsense. Man will die and nothing will remain. And that is foolish," says Solomon. "One must not live with awareness of the inevitability of suffering, weakness, old age, and death - one must free oneself from life, from all possibility of life," says Buddha. And what these powerful intellects said was said and thought and felt by millions and millions of people like them. And I too thought and felt that.”

“He is not apprehended by reason, but by life.”

“And where love ends, hate begins”

“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”

“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest]”

“A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.”

“I'm not lost, because I haven't any idea where to go that I might get lost on the way to. I'd”

“It’s all about reprogramming our minds to focus more on what brings us joy.”

“Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.”