Leo Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good”.
All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.
Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
Boredom: the desire for desires.
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking...
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
If you want to be happy, be.
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.