Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
LEO TOLSTOYArt lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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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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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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Faith is the force of life.
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If you want to be happy, be.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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