He 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 TolstoyMany people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change.
Leo TolstoyThe truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.
Leo TolstoyAs long as there are slaughterhouses there will be battlefields. A vegetarian diet is the acid test of humanitarianism.
Leo Tolstoy