I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
LEO TOLSTOYWithout this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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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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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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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.
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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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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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