More quotes by Leo Tolstoy

"To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it."
"I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love."
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here."
"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."
"Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness"