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.
LEO TOLSTOYHappiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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