Nature is like a woman worthy of being placed on a pedestal. In order fully to understand and appreciate her, it is necessary to live with her a long… - Victor Lebrun

Persistent and undiscerning almost to the point of criminality as far as resources were concerned, this woman <nowiki>[</nowiki>Sophia Tolstaya] was of immeasurable hindrance to her husband, her children and humankind as a whole.

Leo Nicolayevich, what is madness?" I asked him … The reply followed. "It is selfishness," he explained, "the narrowing of one's attention to oneself and afterward to any single idea.

In the spiritual world, just as in the physical world, nothing is lost. Where an ember quietly glows, even a breeze can fan a blaze. Just as he instructed me, Tolstoy's powerful call touched millions of hearts and intellects.