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 TOLSTOYEverything I know, I know because of love.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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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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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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God is the same everywhere.
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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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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine 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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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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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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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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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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