And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.
Leo TolstoyMan must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.
Leo TolstoyPeople try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
Leo TolstoyThe religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction.
Leo Tolstoy