Leo Tolstoy

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.

My entire life can be described in one sentence. It didn’t go as planned and that’s OK.

You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.

Shoot for the moon. If you miss you’ll still end up in the stars.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

I comfortable with everything – say whatever you want.

The most you get is what you ask for.

Creativity is a renewable resource. Be as creative as you like, as often as you like, because you can never run out!

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?

It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

You have to know how to defend yourself.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.

Life can’t be all that bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.

If what you’re doing isn’t working, change it.

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.