I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness 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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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Love those you hate you.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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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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Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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God is the same everywhere.
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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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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