Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
LEO TOLSTOYThe more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Faith is the force of life.
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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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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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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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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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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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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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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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