From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.
Leo TolstoyI felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change.
Leo TolstoyThe recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.
Leo TolstoyIn the evolution of knowledge-mistaken and unnecessary beliefs are forced out and supplanted by truer and more necessary knowledge. So too in the evolution of feelings, which takes place by means of art. Lower feelings-less kind and less needed for the good of humanity-are forced out and replaced by kinder feelings which better serve us individually and collectively. This is the purpose of art.
Leo Tolstoy