Victor Lebrun

In the spiritual world, just as in the physical world, nothing is lost. Where an ember quietly glows, even a breeze can fan a blaze. Just as he instructed me, Tolstoy's powerful call touched millions of hearts and intellects.

— Victor Lebrun

“Leo Nicolayevich, what is madness?” I asked him … The reply followed. “It is selfishness,” he explained, “the narrowing of one's attention to oneself and afterward to any single idea.”

— Victor Lebrun

Nature is like a woman worthy of being placed on a pedestal. In order fully to understand and appreciate her, it is necessary to live with her a long time in intimate proximity.

— Victor Lebrun

Persistent and undiscerning almost to the point of criminality as far as resources were concerned, this woman Sophia Tolstaya] was of immeasurable hindrance to her husband, her children and humankind as a whole.

— Victor Lebrun