Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)

"Gratitude transforms perspective entirely."

"We are defined not by our circumstances but our choices."

"He felt that he was not himself, but some other man had entered into him"

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"

"The man she loved was not the same as the man she had married"

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all"

"He is unhappy because he seeks happiness"

"Freedom was the only possible happiness"

"Hypocrisy is the tribute which vice pays to virtue"

"She could not reconcile herself to her position"

"His suffering was genuine and profound"

"The past cannot be undone"

"She was beautiful, but her beauty concealed a void within"

"Every person has their own burden to bear"

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places"

"She was his first love, and therefore his only true love"

"Every family contains multitudes"

"The past is prologue to the future"

"She loved him; that was all that mattered"

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable"

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."

"The diversity of the world is due to the diversity of desires."

"People can endure anything if they have something to believe in."

"The most difficult moments in a man's life are those of choice."

"Everything that matters in life comes down to finding peace within yourself."

"The human heart has hidden treasures."

"Freedom is the absence of constraints."

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."