"We would think a man insane who, instead of covering his house with a roof and putting windows in his window frames, …"

"But men are now united in states; that work is done; why now maintain exclusive devotion to one's own state, when thi…"

"A king asked a holy man, “Do you remember about me?” The holy man answered, “Yes, I think about you when I forget abo…"

"Everyone talks of changing the world, but no one talks of changing himself."

"It has been said that a careful reading of Anna Karenina, if it teaches you nothing else, will teach you how to make …"

"Tostoy's message has not grown out-of-date. In the present "end of an age" when fear and anxiety and collective crime…"

"The universal is the unfolding of the potential of diverse and multiple locals, acting in self-organized ways but gui…"

"Tolstoy's pacifism, which had profoundly influenced William Jennings Bryan, led Bryan to pursue a sincere search for …"

"People of our generation were divided into supporters of Dostoyevski or Tolstoi, and M. tended to lean toward Tolstoi…"

"It was Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House in Chicago, who most consistently carried Tolstoyan ideas into practice…"