Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
LEO TOLSTOYLove alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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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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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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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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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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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.
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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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