Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them.
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If he be really and seriously seeking to live a good life, the first thing from which he will abstain will always be the use of animal food,because ... its use is simply immoral, as it involves the performance of an act which is contrary to the moral feeling killing.
Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Man recognizes that he will not die, only when he recognizes that he was never born, but always has been, is, and will be.
Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion.
Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
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