"We had in the Tolstoi family a special dance, which everybody danced with joy when wearisome visitors at last drove o…"

"Schopenhauer's ideas on women, on pain, and on freedom of conscience were always completely shared by my father. "Whe…"

"My mother was the source of Tolstoi's greatest happiness, and the real author of his greatness. If there is sometimes…"

"In France it is often said that Tolstoi was the first and great cause of the Russian Revolution, and there is a good …"

"Those who have read this book [War and Peace] will remember how the great heart of the author sought, even in the pas…"

"The last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism says Tolstoy in The Reading Circle Not all patriotism of course Patrioti…"

"Western European humanity moves by will and reason. A Russian person lives first of all with his heart and imaginatio…"

"Ukraine is recognized as the most threatened part of Russia in terms of secession and conquest. Ukrainian separatism …"

"Да, это было пять месяцев назад, когда войска наши в Восточной Пруссии настигли эвакуирующееся из Гольдапа, Инстербур…"

"I am even now constantly tormented by the thought of those years of life we were not allowed to live. I am always won…"