Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life

Prayer is an invisible tool which is wielded in a visible world.

Pierre was one of those people who are strong only when they feel themselves perfectly pure.

Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it." - Vronksy {Anna Karenina}

War is not a polite recreation but the vilest thing in life, and we ought to understand that and not play at war.