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.
LEO TOLSTOYYou can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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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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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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