Pierre Bezukhov

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

"Love is the only reality and it is not a sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation."

"Life is neither good nor bad, it simply is what we make of it"

"Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women"

"To love life is to love God"

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

"The most remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is quite good"

"A man is truly alive only when he is struggling for a purpose"

"Knowledge alone is not happiness"

"A man must live, not merely exist"

"The greatest freedom is the freedom of thought"

"Everything is terrible, yet everything is the same."

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

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

"I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself."

"The strong man is the one who abandons his own will and learns to obey."

"It seems to me that everything is possible for man, and therefore I regard every human being as my brother."

"No one is more of a slave than he who thinks himself free without being so."

"To the dog the man is a god."

"Without suffering there is no true happiness."

"Every man is his own center of the world."

"Man's greatest treasure is a peaceful conscience."

"We are all born with the capacity to love, yet we spend our lives learning how to do it properly."

"In moments of true crisis, a man discovers who he really is."

"Real happiness comes not from external success but from inner harmony."

"The greatest strength is to admit one's weakness and seek to overcome it."

"Gratitude transforms our perception of suffering into wisdom."

"Hope is the light that guides us through the darkest periods of our lives."

"Faith provides comfort in the face of life's greatest uncertainties."

"Peace begins within the individual and radiates outward to the world."