The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
Leo TolstoyThe chief attraction of military service has consisted and will consist in this compulsory and irreproachable idleness.
Leo TolstoyA Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.
Leo TolstoySlavery results from laws, laws are made by governments, and, therefore people can only be freed from slavery by the abolition of governments.... And it is time for people to understand that governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions, in which a self-respecting, honest man cannot and must not take part.
Leo Tolstoy