Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
LEO TOLSTOYGod is the same everywhere.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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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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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
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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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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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