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 TOLSTOYGrow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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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.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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