Leo Tolstoy

All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly (Anna Karenina)

I sit on a man’s back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that i am sorry for him and wish to lighten his load by all means possible….except by getting off his back.

The strongest of all warriors are these two – Time and Patience.

Which is worse? The wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

To be a leader, you must stand for something, or you will fall for anything.

Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied – whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

The Smiths dream into my ear on this lost and lonely morning. I sing along like it is the only prayer I know (forgive me, Mother Mary).

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

All life is experience, and one level is exchanged for another only when its lesson is learned.

A man can seldom – very, very, seldom – fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.