More from Leo Tolstoy
Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Spring is the time of plans and projects.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
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Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
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This world is meaningful. Each one has to share the bliss and sorrows. Elevate your life with the heat of the fire and the light of the sun. March ahead..God is with you.
Dinesh ThakurDinesh Thakur God does not change – and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born… He loves you now… and He will love you forever.
Billy GrahamBilly Graham Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies — whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor May God protect me from gloomy saints.
Teresa of AvilaTeresa of Avila Hope is in the name of God, the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hope is when you compare your suffering to the infinite, immeasurable love and grace of God.
Nick VujicicNick Vujicic I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.
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