Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)

"Passion is temporary; truth is eternal."

"We are all instruments of fate."

"Where there is great love, there are always miracles."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"A man who has never sinned cannot truly repent."

"In every heart there is a room, a sanctuary where we can go and be completely ourselves."

"The law of nature is justice itself."

"The capacity to forgive is a sign of strength, not weakness."

"We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others."

"Every soul is precious; none should be wasted."

"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 presence of the disease was more terrible than its absence."

"One can endure pain alone, but to endure the sufferings of another—that is impossible."

"She wanted everything or nothing."

"We are all murderers when we refuse to share what we have."

"There is always a choice, though sometimes it is a terrible one."

"We live in a world of shadows and reflections."

"A man cannot change what is inside him by changing what is outside."

"Forgiveness is a luxury we cannot always afford."

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends, but how it ends."

"In moments of weakness, we reveal our true nature."

"Some people are born to suffer, and others to make them suffer."

"The only real courage is to keep going when you want to stop."

"We are prisoners of our own desires."

"Time heals nothing; it only teaches us to live with our wounds."

"To love is to be vulnerable to the greatest pain."

"We deceive ourselves more than others deceive us."

"The path to wisdom begins with the acceptance of our ignorance."