Leo Tolstoy — "The general of the army is the last man to know what is going on."

"Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen."

"To be good and to be bad, these are not things, but only words."

"To be good, it is not enough to do good; you must also do it in a good way."

"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves."

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back."