Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes:

If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth

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

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery