Leo Tolstoy

"Boredom: the desire for desires."

"If you want to be happy, be."

"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it."

"The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad"but "good vs. good."

"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."