In 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 TolstoyHere I am...wanting to accomplish something and completely forgetting it must all end--that there is such a thing as death.
Leo TolstoyIt is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people identify as God what is not God.
Leo TolstoyIt's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.
Leo Tolstoy