Pierre Bezukhov

Character in War and Peace From: War and Peace

Illegitimate son seeking meaning and spiritual redemption

425 quotes

"The future is written not in the stars but in human hearts."
Hope
"Death is not an ending but a transformation."
Death
"In times of crisis, true friendships are revealed."
Friendship
"The present moment is all we truly possess."
Time
"The soul grows through suffering and hardship."
Faith
"We are the slaves of our passions."
Philosophy
"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."
Happiness
"The presence of the problem does not mean the solution is absent."
Wisdom
"The greatest wisdom is knowing oneself."
Education
"The smallest deed is greater than the grandest intention."
"Freedom is the birthright of every soul."
Freedom
"The world changes one heart at a time."
Change
"The price of peace is eternal vigilance."
Peace
"The courage to be oneself is the rarest courage."
Courage
"Life's greatest lessons come from failure."
Education
"Friendship is the anchor of the soul."
Friendship
"The greatest adventure is the journey within."
Adventure
"Man cannot alter the past, but he can ruin the present by worrying about the future"
Wisdom
"A man is afraid of dying, but he is much more afraid of living"
Fear
"We are all sentenced to death, but the time is unknown"
Death
"The pursuit of happiness often prevents happiness itself"
Happiness
"A moment of clarity is worth a lifetime of confusion"
Wisdom
"Freedom is the burden we all must carry"
Freedom
"Philosophy is the refuge of the uncertain"
Philosophy
"Solitude teaches what society cannot"
Solitude
"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous folly"
Knowledge
"We Russians should never have taken up French culture"
Philosophy
"Every man has the faculty of choosing what he will"
Freedom
"All that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest human wisdom"
Knowledge
"One must be like a child to understand truth"
Truth