The improvement of life was only accomplished to the extent to which it was based on a change of consciousness, that is, to the extent to which the law of violence was replaced in men's consciousness by the law of love.
Leo TolstoyThe goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
Leo TolstoyFor a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable.
Leo TolstoyTo destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument of violence, is a rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling, and, above all, is immoral.
Leo Tolstoy