I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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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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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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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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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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