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.
LEO TOLSTOYKings are the slaves of history.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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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 only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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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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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
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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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