God is the same everywhere.
LEO TOLSTOYMan 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.
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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.
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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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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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.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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