Leo Tolstoy

"Corruption, violence, and lack of ethics cannot be sustained by force or money alone."

"A literary work is a mirror in the soul of the author."

"Poverty of any kind is the absence of something, while wealth is presence."

"True progress lies not in having better machines, but better men."

"The greatest revolution is in personal transformation."

"Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods."

"There is no greatness without love."

"Understanding is the natural reward of understanding."

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."

"All the variety, all the charm, and all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow."

"I am confident that there is only one way to real happiness, and that is through the heart."

"The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."

"Death is the only thing that men fear more than lying."

"Art is the activity of the soul, and its purpose is to convey what the artist feels."

"It is not so much a matter of thinking as of feeling the truth."

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

"Love and sympathy are the foundation of moral life."

"Where there is no sense of truth, there is no sense of honor."

"Human nature is the only science of universal value."

"Sincerity is the way of heaven."

"Every person does what he wants to do. But to want one thing is not in his power."

"If a man does not know what port he is sailing for, no wind is favorable."

"True education should develop all sides of human nature equally."

"Great things never come from comfort zones."

"The principle of true morality lies in not transgressing the bounds of reason and natural law."

"Imagination is more powerful than knowledge."

"We are all fools in love."

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

"There is nothing in this world more powerful than truth."

"A man who becomes conscious of the absurdity of human condition is finally freed from it."