It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.
Leo TolstoyTruth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
Leo TolstoyThere is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.
Leo TolstoyAs often happens between men who have chosen different pursuits, each, while in argument justifying the other's activity, despised it in the depth of his heart.
Leo Tolstoy