Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
LEO TOLSTOYI often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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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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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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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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If you want to be happy, be.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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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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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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