There is no significant idea which cannot be explained to an intelligent twelve year old boy in fifteen minutes.
Leo TolstoyHappiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
Leo TolstoyWhat is reason given me for, if I am not to use it to avoid bringing unhappy beings into the world!
Leo TolstoyThe political is not compatible with the artistic, because the former, in order to prove, has to be one-sided.
Leo TolstoyA man can spend several hours sitting cross-legged in the same position if he knows that noting prevents him from changing it; but if he knows that he has to sit with his legs crossed like that, he will get cramps, his legs will twitch and strain towards where he would like to stretch them.
Leo Tolstoy