If every man could act as he chose, the whole of history would be a tissue of disconnected accidents.
Leo TolstoyKnowledge is real knowledge only when it is acquired by the efforts of your intellect, not by memory
Leo TolstoyThere is nothing more harmful to you than improving only your material, animal side of life. There is nothing more beneficial, both for you and for others, than activity directed to the improvement of your soul.
Leo TolstoyThe epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent.
Leo Tolstoy