Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
LEO TOLSTOYBoredom: the desire for desires.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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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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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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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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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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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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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Faith is the force of life.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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