Leo Tolstoy

But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.

My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

I do not believe that material accumulation is the whole of success, and on the other hand I do not believe that true success ever excludes a sufficient possession of wealth-but wealth as a means, not as an end.

The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit

Shoot for the moon. If you miss you’ll still end up in the stars.

This is not new territory. Stop lights like lullabies write my eulogy.

Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.

This is the only reason Greenfield Village exists-to give us a sense of unity with our people through the generations, and to convey the inspiration of American genius to our young men. As a nation we have not depended so much on rare or occasional genius as on the general resourcefulness of our people. That is our true genius, and I am hoping that Greenfield Village will serve that.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.