A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
LEO TOLSTOYGod is the same everywhere.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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