Boredom: the desire for desires.
LEO TOLSTOYAll great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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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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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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