A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
LEO TOLSTOYIf we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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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.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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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.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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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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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
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Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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