Leo Tolstoy

"We suffer from the belief that anything is our own."

"The greatest evil is materialism masquerading as reason."

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

"The main evil is that people are not sufficiently ashamed of their deeds."

"Music is the language of the immortals."

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."

"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

"Every person lives for himself and uses his freedom to the limit, as long as he does not harm others."

"The deepest and most sincere feeling of my life is a yearning for goodness."

"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves."

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

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

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

"Anything is possible when you have inner peace."

"The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity."

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within them."

"Life is available only in the present moment."

"Patience is the first essential when making progress toward your goals."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."

"The deed is everything, the glory nothing."

"How much suffering and shame you have to go through before you reach the promised land of love."

"Art is the activity by which man makes life beautiful."

"We cannot live only for ourselves—every action affects those around us."

"The greatest power is the power to forgive."

"If you want to be happy, be."

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by growth but by washing away all that is not gold."

"Seek not greatness, but rather seek truth, and greatness will find you."