Cyrils

“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
― Baruch Spinoza