The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but true
effort life death true end anna-karenina mental useless begin made forgotten leo-tolstoy terrible
He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
fear anna-karenina
Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.
relationships anna-karenina contempt
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
religion goodness anna-karenina
.. The more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.
truth anna-karenina
All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
diversity beauty charm anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of supply and demand. If, therefore, the fixed salary is a violation of this law - as, for instance, when I see two engineers leaving college together and both equally well trained and efficient, and one getting forty thousand while the other only earns two thousand, or when lawyers and hussars, possessing no special qualifications, are appointed directors of banks with huge salaries - I can only conclude that their salaries are not fixed according to the law of supply and demand but simply by personal influence. And this is an abuse important in itself and having a deleterious effect on government service.
government economics anna-karenina tolstoy
It's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.
deeds good anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.
dishonesty pride intellect stupidity anna-karenina tolstoy
He looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pick and so destroy it
sadness despair anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.
labor work capitalism honest anna-karenina hierarchy leo-tolstoy
The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and dishonesty. 'Like the profits made by banks,' he went on. 'This is evil, I mean, the acquisition of enormous fortunes without work, as it used to be with the spirit monopolists. Only the form has changed. Hardly were the monopolies abolished before railways and banks appeared: just another way of making money without work.
labor work banks anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.
enjoyment civilization anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.
admiration sun anna-karenina flattery tolstoy
The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was its reward. Who was the labor for? What would be its fruits? These were irrelevant and idle questions.
labor day rewards anna-karenina lord tolstoy
Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts, actions! They are all but grains of sand
life life-philosophy anna-karenina leo-tolstoy
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