Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.
Leo TolstoyLove is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
Leo TolstoyI can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.
Leo TolstoyMan cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
Leo Tolstoy