Logo
Quote by Leo Tolstoy
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences,

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to ones reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. – Leo Tolstoy

Other quotes by Leo Tolstoy

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. – Leo Tolstoy

Category:
God
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Read Quote

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. – Leo Tolstoy

Category:
alone
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Read Quote

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. – Leo Tolstoy

Category:
War
Author
Leo Tolstoy
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Men
category

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. – Sun Tzu

Category:
Men

How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars – when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. – Thomas Aquinas

Category:
Men

Mens ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state. – Karl Marx

Category:
Men

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. – Charlotte Whitton

Category:
Men

Random Quotes

You think about some of the most memorable meals youve ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste. – Heston Blumenthal

Category:
Food

Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up. – Author Unknown

Category:
Age

Old age is no place for sissies. – Bette Davis

Category:
Age

In an age of social media and content being key, its important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos. – Ronnie Dunn

Category:
Technology