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.
LEO TOLSTOYIn the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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