The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world.
Leo TolstoyIf a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things
Leo TolstoyTo love life is to love God. Harder and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, in undeserved sufferings.
Leo TolstoyIn our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man lies in the union with his fellow men. True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling.
Leo Tolstoy