More from Leo Tolstoy
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy God is the same everywhere.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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More on happiness
Do what you love, work as hard as you can, and make people happy.
Ed SheeranEd Sheeran I’m as gay as a daffodil, my dear!
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
Rose KennedyRose Kennedy In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
Rose KennedyRose Kennedy I am happy on my own so here I’ll stay. Save your loving arms for a rainy day.
Ed SheeranEd Sheeran The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
John Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams I went from being a hustler, working different jobs to renting rooms off Craigslist, and I just wasn’t happy.
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