Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the de… - Leo Tolstoy

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

How good is it to remember one's insignificance: that of a man among billions of men, of an animal amid billions of animals; and one's abode, the earth, a little grain of sand in comparison with Sirius and others, and one's life span in comparison with billions on billions of ages. There is only one significance, you are a worker. The assignment is inscribed in your reason and heart and expressed clearly and comprehensibly by the best among the beings similar to you. The reward for doing the assignment is immediately within you. But what the significance of the assignment is or of its completion, that you are not given to know, nor do you need to know it. It is good enough as it is. What else could you desire?

Sometimes he remembered having heard how soldiers under fire in the trenches, and having nothing to do, try hard to find some occupation the more easily to bear the danger. It seemed to Pierre that all men were like those soldiers, seeking refuge from life: some in ambition, some in cards, some in framing laws, some in women, some in playthings, some in horses, some in politics, some in sport, some in wine, and some in government service. 'Nothing is without consequence, and nothing is important: it's all the same in the end. The thing to do is to save myself from it all as best I can,' thought Pierre. Not to see IT, that terrible IT.

إذا غاب عن الإنسان الفهم والبصيرة بأن كل ماهو مؤقت ليس إلا نوعاً من الوهم، فإنه لن يؤمن إلا بما هو مؤقت. أما إذا رأى ببصيرته أن كل ماهو موقوت ليس إلا وهم، فحينئذ سيؤمن بما هو باقٍ ودائم.