To us, it is incomprehensible that millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because England's policy was astute or the Duke of Oldenburg was wronged. We cannot grasp what connection such circumstances have the with the actual fact of slaughter and violence: why because the Duke was wronged, thousands of men from the other side of Europe killed and ruined the people of Smolensk and Moscow and were killed by them.
Leo TolstoyNowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what churchmen understand by the Church.
Leo TolstoyWar is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.
Leo TolstoyPerfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?
Leo TolstoyIt is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people identify as God what is not God.
Leo Tolstoy