The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.
Leo TolstoyMan's mind cannot grasp the causes of events in their completeness, but the desire to find the causes is implanted in man's soul.
Leo TolstoyOften a man goes on for years imaging that the religious teaching that had been imparted to him since childhood is still intact, while all the time there is not a trace of it left in him.
Leo TolstoyI must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine.
Leo Tolstoy