More quotes by Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning."
"Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself."
"You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love."
"God is the same everywhere."
"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."