61.

Leo Tolstoy at 61 advised a struggling friend "No matter how old or how sick you are, how much or little you have done, your business in life nor only isn't finished, but hasn't yet received its final decisive meaning until your very last breath."
This feisty life affirming spirit underlines not only Tolstoy's incredible life journey but that of his characters as well.
 other quotes from him. The world Tolstoy tells us is a mysterious place where things aren't always what they seem today's tragedy often paving way to tomorrow's triumph.

Two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity goodness and truth.

Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist  has experienced.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a persons main task in life becoming a better person.

All happy families resemble one another each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. 

Truth like gold is to be obtained not by its growth but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.