5 Leo Tolstoy Quotes on Service

Leo Tolstoy quotes on service

3. Martin's soul grew glad. He crossed himself put on his spectacles, and began reading the Gospel just where it had opened; and at the top of the page he read: I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in. And at the bottom of the page he read: Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren even these least, ye did it unto me (Matt. xxv). And Martin understood that his dream had come true; and that the Saviour had really come to him that day, and he had welcomed him.

10. The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

53. The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man.

117. Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

130. The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served by others as little as possible, and to serve others as much as possible.