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Léon Tolstoï citations célèbres
“Il ne faut jamais rien outrer.”
Anna Karenina
Variante: Il ne faut jamais rien outrer: One should never overdo
Citations sur les hommes et les garçons de Léon Tolstoï
Виконт был миловидный, с мягкими чертами и приемами, молодой человек, очевидно считавший себя знаменитостью, но, по благовоспитанности, скромно предоставлявший пользоваться собой тому обществу, в котором он находился. Анна Павловна, очевидно, угощала им своих гостей. Как хороший метрд`отель подает как нечто сверхъестественно-прекрасное тот кусок говядины, который есть не захочется, если увидать его в грязной кухне, так в нынешний вечер Анна Павловна сервировала своим гостям сначала виконта, потом аббата, как что-то сверхъестественно утонченное. [...] виконт был подан обществу в самом изящном и выгодном для него свете, как ростбиф на горячем блюде, посыпанный зеленью.
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Guerre et Paix, 1865 - 1869
Léon Tolstoï Citations
“Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner.”
War and Peace
Variante: Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner.
La Guerre et la Paix - Tome II
La Guerre et la Paix - Tome III
“les opinions lui étaient aussi nécessaires que les chapeaux.”
Anna Karenine
La guerre et la paix, Tome II
La guerre et la paix, Tome II
“frais comme un grand concombre hollandais, vert et luisant.”
Anna Karenine
Les Cosasques, 1863
Léon Tolstoï: Citations en anglais
Source: What Men Live By (1881), Ch. XI
Contexte: Then I remembered the first lesson God had set me: "Learn what dwells in man." And I understood that in man dwells Love! I was glad that God had already begun to show me what He had promised, and I smiled for the first time.
What is Art? (1897)
Contexte: No longer able to believe in the Church religion, whose falsehood they had detected, and incapable of accepting true Christian teaching, which denounced their whole manner of life, these rich and powerful people, stranded without any religious conception of life, involuntarily returned to that pagan view of things which places life's meaning in personal enjoyment. And then among the upper classes what is called the "Renaissance of science and art" took place, which was really not only a denial of every religion, but also an assertion that religion was unnecessary.
Thoughts of Prince Andrew Bk XII, Ch. 16
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
Source: War and Peace
“God is the infinite ALL. Man is only a finite manifestation of Him.”
Entry in Tolstoy's Diary http://www.linguadex.com/tolstoy/chapter1.htm (1 November 1910)
Contexte: God is the infinite ALL. Man is only a finite manifestation of Him.
Or better yet:
God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part.
God alone exists truly. Man manifests Him in time, space and matter. The more God's manifestation in man (life) unites with the manifestations (lives) of other beings, the more man exists. This union with the lives of other beings is accomplished through love.
God is not love, but the more there is of love, the more man manifests God, and the more he truly exists...
We acknowledge God only when we are conscious of His manifestation in us. All conclusions and guidelines based on this consciousness should fully satisfy both our desire to know God as such as well as our desire to live a life based on this recognition.