More quotes by Leo Tolstoy

"I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love."
"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."
"A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul."
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."