All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
(The Law of Violence and The Law of Love)

Leo Tolstoy

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All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, 1869)

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace, 1869)

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina, 1877)

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