"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you." ― Leo Tolstoy Topic(s): Change More From Leo Tolstoy "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." "The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life." "War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves." More In Change "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."― William Arthur Ward "I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends."― King Abdullah II "The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn’t want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger."― Drake