Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness
Leo TolstoyHe felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at his very feet. All his life he had been looking over the heads of those around him, while he had only to look before him without straining his eyes. p 1320
Leo Tolstoyit is hard for anyone who is dissatisfied not to blame some one else, and especially the person nearest of all to him, for the ground of his dissatisfaction.
Leo TolstoyRivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world.
Leo Tolstoy