Pierre Bezukhov

"The higher a man stands, the greater the responsibility he bears."

"Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God."

"In life there is nothing to fear but fear itself."

"True freedom lies not in the absence of chains but in the knowledge that one carries them by choice."

"The greatest of all human pursuits is the pursuit of truth."

"The measure of a man is not how he treats his equals but how he treats those beneath him."

"Success is not the absence of failure but the perseverance through it."

"Justice is not always served by the law."

"Knowledge without wisdom is like a ship without a rudder."

"The true measure of courage is facing what terrifies us most."

"The greatest journey is the journey within oneself."

"A man is always a slave. Either to the law or to circumstances."

"If everyone fought for their own convictions, there would be no wars."

"Kindness is the only thing that survives and persists."

"A man is truly free only when he stops believing in his own importance."

"Truth is like the sun; it cannot be hidden."

"Fear is the greatest obstacle to human progress."

"Education without virtue produces only clever villains."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats those beneath him."

"We are the slaves of circumstances."

"Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God."

"All we can know is that we know nothing, and that is the highest flight of human wisdom."

"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose."

"Everything in the world is relative, everything!"

"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"The only true wisdom is acknowledging your ignorance."

"The measure of a man is what he does with his power."

"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."

"Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God."