Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
LEO TOLSTOYSeize 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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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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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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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. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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