Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)

"The measure of a person's character is how they treat those beneath them."

"Life becomes meaningful only through our relationships with others."

"We often seek what we already have in those we do not."

"Expectation is often the enemy of happiness."

"The truth will always emerge, no matter how we try to hide it."

"We are not masters of our fate, but servants of it."

"The greatest gift we can give is our attention."

"Life is what happens while we make other plans."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"The pursuit of perfection often leads to despair."

"What we resist persists, and what we accept transforms."

"He felt that he was not himself but some other man."

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

"There is something special in the human soul that makes a man capable of great love and terrible jealousy."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver."

"People are afraid of change, yet it is the only way to grow."

"Beauty and truth are often found in simplicity."

"The pursuit of happiness often leads to its loss."

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

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"Ambition is the death of peace."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"Family unhappiness is never simple."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"We all want to be loved for who we really are."

"Time heals all wounds, but it also creates new ones."

"The pursuit of happiness often destroys it."

"Art is the expression of the soul."

"Faith is what sustains us when reason fails."

"Justice is often blind to the truth."