The sun will always rise, promising joy, love and happiness to the gradually awakening world. "Sevastopol in May"
Coercive social systems will not last forever. "The Biography of Tolstoy"
Personnel relations are a kind of capital in society. If they are to last for a long time, they must be used sparingly. "War and Peace"
The higher a person stands on the social scale, the more people he is connected with, the greater his power to control others, and the destiny and inevitability of his every action. The more obvious it becomes. "War and Peace"
Those who do not understand the structure of a machine cannot imagine that one of the most important parts of a machine is the small connecting gear that rotates silently. "War and Peace"
There is no doubt that there is always a relationship between all people living at the same time, so a relationship can be found between people's intellectual activities and their historical movements. "War and Peace"
In every historical period and in every human society, there is a noble understanding of the meaning of life. This understanding is only possible for people in this society, and it determines the noble happiness that this society strives for. "Collected Works of Tolstoy"
If the world is evil and must be abandoned, then what is the whole world, all its beauty, for? "Father Sergei"
Although hundreds of thousands of people gathered in a small area and tried every means to destroy the land where they lived, even though they smashed stones into the ground and did not let any plants grow on the ground, even though All the unearthed grass has been cleared away, and despite the smoke filled with burning coal and oil, despite the trees being cut down and the birds and animals being driven away, spring is still spring even in a city like this. The sun warms the earth, and green grass comes back to life in all the places that have not been plowed. Not only on the grass on the tree-lined road, but even in the cracks of the stone slabs, it grows green. The birches, poplars, and wild cherry trees have sticky and fragrant leaves, and the linden trees are about to bloom with buds. Jackdaws, sparrows, and pigeons were already happily nesting together as they do every spring, and flies warmed by the sun were buzzing along the walls. Plants, birds, insects, and children are all in great spirits. Only people, grown-up adults, endlessly deceive themselves and others, torture themselves and torture others. What people consider sacred and important is not this spring morning, nor the beauty of this world that God has given for the benefit of all living beings, the beauty that makes people tend to peace, harmony, and love; what people consider sacred and important is them. Come up with various ways to rule others. "Resurrection"
Sin sometimes lies in the ugliness of the environment
Sin sometimes lies in the ugliness of the environment. "The Creative Process of Anna Karenina"
Can't nightingales rely on fairy tales to feed themselves? "Anna Karenina"
The terrible thing is not suffering and death , but that which allows people to cause suffering and death. "The Biography of Tolstoy"
Being unable to love someone but falling in love with the upper class is neither glorious nor dangerous, because in such a society, you can encounter more people than in other societies. More bad stuff. "The Life of Tolstoy"
Neither the fortress, the cannon, nor the bullet itself will shoot anyone, the prison itself will not imprison anyone, the gallows itself will not hang anyone, the church itself will not Cheating anyone?. It's all done by humans. "Collected Works of Tolstoy"
All pure and kind things have been destroyed in our society, and are being destroyed, because society is degenerate, arrogant, and terrible. "Collected Works of Tolstoy"
It often happens that for many years you see a family covered by the same curtain of false politeness, and the true relationships of their family members are a secret from you. (I've even noticed that the thicker and more beautiful the curtain, the worse the real relationship you can't see).
"Childhood, Teenagers and Youth"
The parasites in society insist that their activities for fun are important, how much evil has resulted from this! "Leo Tolstoy on Creation"
No matter what kind of stupid behavior there is in art, as long as this stupid behavior is accepted by the upper class of society, someone will immediately come up with a theory to explain and legitimize this stupid behavior. "Leo Tolstoy on Creation"
Nekhludoff continued to think and glanced at the hall, looking at the portraits, lamps, armchairs, uniforms, and those thick walls and windows. Remember how huge this building is, how much bigger the institution itself is, how huge a team of officials, clerks, guards, servants, etc. are found not only here but all over Russia, because I'm getting paid for performing this kind of comedy that no one needs. "Resurrection"
Those who fall into a certain position due to fate or their own faults and mistakes, no matter how unfair their position, will always form a sense of general life that is enough to make them The view that status appears good and legitimate in one's own mind. In order to maintain this view, such people always instinctively cling to those who recognize the concept they have formed of life and their own position in life. It never fails to amaze us whenever it involves thieves boasting about their prowess, prostitutes boasting about their lasciviousness, or murderers boasting about their cruelty. However, the reason why this surprises us is simply because the circle and living atmosphere of those people are limited to a narrow range, and mainly because we are on the outside. However, whenever the rich boast about their wealth, that is, their plunder, the military commanders boast about their victories, that is, their massacres, and the rulers boast about their power, that is, their violence, is it not the same kind of thing? Phenomenon? The reason why we do not see in these people that their concepts of life are abnormal, nor that they reverse the concepts of good and evil in order to defend their status, is simply because of the circle of people with such abnormal concepts. It's relatively big, and we are just people in this circle ourselves. "Resurrection"
Things that people think are important and beautiful are often insignificant or despicable. All that dazzling splendor, all that splendor, often concealed ancient crimes which had become so commonplace that instead of going unpunished they became popular and were whitewashed in every way possible. "Resurrection"