TOLSTOY, LEO : Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
TOLSTOY, LEO : One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent.
TOLSTOY, LEO : What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
TOLSTOY, LEO : Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.