"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible." ― Leo Tolstoy Topic(s): Happiness More From Leo Tolstoy "If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one’s reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state." "All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do." "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." More In Happiness "I will not get very far with this attitude."― Nancy Cartwright "I say there is not more happiness for me than the freedom of my Homeland."― Islom Karimov "The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government."― Thomas Chandler Haliburton