In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty.
Leo TolstoyMathematics is the queen of disciplines.... it will drive the nonsense out of your head!
Leo TolstoyIf a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things
Leo Tolstoy