Leo Tolstoy Simplest Quotations

I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of thegreatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and mostobvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsityof conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues,which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven,thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.