"One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken." ― Leo Tolstoy Topic(s): Freedom More From Leo Tolstoy "Music is the shorthand of emotion." "Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live." "Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." More In Freedom "If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too."― W. Somerset Maugham "In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times."― Michael Burgess "Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty."― Frank Herbert