"All these images passed through his mind without evoking any feeling within him - neither pity nor anger nor any kind of desire: everything seemed so insignificant in comparison with what was beginning, or had already begun, within him"(667). I find this quote interesting because it seems to reflect Tolstoy's views on death. At the time of the passage's authorship, Tolstoy was aware that he would not live very much longer, and the story seems to reflect that dread. Hadji Murad also displays what, in the mystical Christian view of Tolstoy, would be an admirable display of equanimity, or spiritual purity.