The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold
Leo TolstoyArt can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.
Leo TolstoyHow important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it.
Leo TolstoyMusic makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own.
Leo Tolstoy