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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Depend Happiness Inspirational
The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Discover Law Love Reason
Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Company Intelligence Man Women Young
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
Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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Capable Grief Heal Love Necessary People Serve Sorrow Strong
If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Conviction Fight War
I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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Clothes Food Giving Man Shame Strave Unhappy
God is the same everywhere.
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God One Liner Same
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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Alone Eternal General God Love Retrurn Source United
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
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Life Live One Liner Positive Stop
Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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Growth Help Life Spiritual
Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Cry Deep Eat Hustle Motivational Wolf Worse
To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Enemy Love One Liner
The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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Giving Increase People Poverty
Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Each Other Forgiveness Inspirational Live Peace

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