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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Leo Tolstoy

My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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Doubt Principle Time
Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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Book Happiness Ideas Music Nature Rest
Faith is the force of life.
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Faith Force Life One Liner
Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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Desire Fear She Woman
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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Growth Help Life Spiritual
Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
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Love Reason Understand
Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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Ability Happiness Love One Liner
Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Company Intelligence Man Women Young
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Life Live One Liner Positive Stop
Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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Complete Knowledge Life Necessary Real Wisdom
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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God Happiness Himself Rise Seek Surrender Temple Unhappy
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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Belong Death Fear Himself Inspirational Limitation Man Suffering
Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Feeling Love Possible Share
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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Battle Solution Win
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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Cease God Look Moments Name Work
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.
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Break Consolation Diamond Harm Lie Poison Safe Truth

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

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