I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
LEO TOLSTOYEvery 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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