All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
LEO TOLSTOYWhat a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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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 heart has its own skeletons.
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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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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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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 we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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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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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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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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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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