War and Peace

"In the end, only kindness matters"

"The pursuit of happiness is less important than the pursuit of meaning"

"True courage is continuing despite fear"

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart"

"The quality of a man's life is determined by the quality of the questions he asks"

"Death is the only certainty in life"

"The struggle for existence is the struggle for the right to exist"

"Beauty is the manifestation of divine will"

"Life has no meaning if it does not serve a higher purpose"

"The greatest power is the power to forgive"

"Friendship is not a luxury but a necessity"

"Do not despise your loneliness; it may be your greatest blessing"

"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"

"Patience and time accomplish what strength cannot"

"The human heart yearns for the absolute"

"One must be like a child to understand truth"

"War is not courtesy but the most dreadful thing in life"

"All that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest human wisdom"

"The preservation of a free Russia is more important than the preservation of the lives of its people"

"Love is life"

"Every man has the faculty of choosing what he will"

"The moment of battle is the moment of truth"

"Pure love needs no object"

"We Russians should never have taken up French culture"

"Knowledge without wisdom is dangerous folly"

"Work ennobles the spirit when done with purpose"

"Motivation springs from within, not from circumstance"

"Memory is the treasury of the soul"