Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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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 get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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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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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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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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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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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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