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."
"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."
"To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it."
"The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad"but "good vs. good."
"Happiness consists in always aspiring perfection, the pause in any level in perfection is the pause of happiness"