If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
Leo TolstoyHe stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.
Leo TolstoyThough the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.
Leo Tolstoy