What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOYThe only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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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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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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Don’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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If you want to be happy, be.
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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.
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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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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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