"The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward."

"In the new money system we abolish interest and inflation, thereby reducing the prices of all goods and services as well as taxes by about 40%."

"The musician is as rich as the music they give away."

"Seryozha was different from all the other Tolstoys because of his great shyness and reserve. He often concealed his emotions, his outbursts of tenderness or passion, under a cloak of deliberate rudene…"