So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in the word.
Leo TolstoyMen are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.
Leo TolstoyGovernments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.
Leo TolstoyIt is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.
Leo Tolstoy