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 TOLSTOYEach person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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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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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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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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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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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