3 quotes explained
Russian novelist (1828–1910)
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1878)
Meaning: Happy families share the same basic good things, but there are countless different ways for a family to go wrong.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Often attributed to Leo Tolstoy
Meaning: It is easy to want other people and society to change. It is much harder – and more useful – to change yourself.
– Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (1869)
Meaning: Many problems are solved not by force but by waiting calmly and letting time do its work.
