Hadji Murád
Leo Tolstoy
Top 10 Best Quotes
“What energy!' I thought. 'Man has conquered everything, and destroyed millions of plants, yet this one won't submit.”
“The constant, obvious flattery, contrary to all evidence, of the people around him [Tsar Nicholas I] had brought him to the point that he no longer saw his contradictions, no longer conformed his actions and words to reality, logic, or even simple common sense, but was fully convinced that all his orders, however senseless, unjust, and inconsistent with each other, became sensible, just, and consistent with each other only because he gave them.”
“In the service, especially in the complicated situation such as this, it is difficult not to say impossible, to follow any one straight path without risking mistakes and without accepting responsibility, but once a path seems to be the right one I must follow it, happen what may.”
“The dog gave the meat to the ass and the ass gave hay to the dog and both went hungry”
“It is in the mountains that the eagles dwell”
“I threw it away feeling sorry to have vainly destroyed a flower that looked beautiful in its proper place. How many different plant lives man destroys to support his own existence.”
“How many different plant-lives man destroys to support his own existence - I thought!”
“He had great faith in his own fortune. When planning anything he always felt in advance firmly convinced of success and fate smiled to him.”
“Decision it was only necessary for him to concentrate his attention for a few moments and the spirit moved him, and the best possible decision presented itself as though an inner voice had told him what to do.”
“All this was as it should be, because welfare and happiness of the world depended on him, and wearied though he was he would still not refuse universe the assistence.”
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Book Keywords:
inconsistency, self-delusion, narcissism
