Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
LEO TOLSTOYGreat achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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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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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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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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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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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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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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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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