Victor Lebrun

“In the spiritual world, just as in the physical world, nothing is lost. Where an ember quietly glows, even a breeze can fan a blaze. Just as he instructed me, Tolstoy's powerful call touched millions of hearts and intellects.”

““Leo Nicolayevich, what is madness?” I asked him … The reply followed. “It is selfishness,” he explained, “the narrowing of one's attention to oneself and afterward to any single idea.””

“Nature is like a woman worthy of being placed on a pedestal. In order fully to understand and appreciate her, it is necessary to live with her a long time in intimate proximity.”

“Persistent and undiscerning almost to the point of criminality as far as resources were concerned, this woman Sophia Tolstaya] was of immeasurable hindrance to her husband, her children and humankind as a whole.”