Leo Tolstoy on battle
“It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.”
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything I know, I know because of love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy 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 TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy God is the same everywhere.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Michael ScottMichael Scott Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.
DemocritusDemocritus Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.
HeraclitusHeraclitus A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass We’re all fighting battles no one knows about.
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