War and Peace

"A life without purpose is a life half-lived."

"Man cannot change events but only his attitude toward them."

"All sorrows are bearable if there is love."

"Life is too short for long feuds."

"To understand life is to understand death."

"We cannot command our love or unlove."

"The heart has its own logic that reason knows nothing of."

"Ambition is a human quality."

"Thought is the property of him alone who has leisure."

"The force of life lies in being fully alive."

"To love is to pray."

"People are always unhappy when they feel they can improve their situation."

"It is necessary that the ship should have a commander."

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

"The measure of a person is not their power but their kindness."

"To live is to suffer, but to have never lived is worse."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"The only true victory is the one we achieve over ourselves."

"The seed of goodness lies within every man, waiting to be cultivated."

"Time heals nothing, but it helps us forget."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Youth's greatest gift is not life but the promise of life."

"The deeper we look the more we understand that happiness lies not in things but in thoughts."

"It is not understanding that is required, but feeling."

"In every human heart there is a spark of heavenly fire."

"Beauty is incomprehensible because nothing ever matches it."

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"To love life is to love God."

"We cannot change what we are, only what we do."