There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before.
Leo TolstoyEven if the absence of government really did mean anarchy in a negative, disorderly sense - which is far from being the case - even then, no anarchical disorder could be worse than the position to which government has led humanity.
Leo TolstoyDrama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it is untied, the whole man is visible.
Leo TolstoyThe struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain.
Leo Tolstoy