Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.
Leo TolstoyToday, nobody sees, or wishes to see, that in our time the enslavement of the majority of men is based on money taxes, levied on land and otherwise, which are collected by government from the subjects.
Leo TolstoyPower is the sum total of the wills of the mass, transfered by express or tactic agreement to rulers chosen by the masses.
Leo TolstoyA man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.
Leo Tolstoy