Pierre Bezukhov

"Hope is the companion of the living."

"Man cannot alter circumstances, but he can alter himself."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Love is life."

"The effort of attention itself is the principal thing."

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

"Life requires an aim."

"The greatest discovery of our generation is that humans can alter their lives by changing their attitudes."

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

"Everything we know of history proves that revolutions cannot be made by reason alone."

"One thing alone is needful—the truth."

"We are the slaves of our sensations, our feelings, and our passions."

"To love life is to love God."

"Action without contemplation is fanaticism."

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

"Gratitude unlocks the heart."

"Fear is the enemy of progress."

"Man cannot alter the past, but he can ruin the present by worrying over the future"

"To understand God's plan is to transcend human reason"

"There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness, and truth are absent."

"Beauty is a mysterious power."

"In matters of conscience, one must follow one's inner voice."

"Hope is the most dangerous of human emotions."

"Everything comes to those who wait, but those who are active gain more."

"Why do we struggle, why do we suffer?"

"To love life is to love God."

"Love is life, and if you miss love, you miss life."

"What will happen when I lose consciousness of myself?"

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

"Man can endure anything when he knows the why of his existence."