Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking.
(Quoted in On Life, and Essays on Religion, 1959)

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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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