Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
LEO TOLSTOYWhat a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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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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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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God is the same everywhere.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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