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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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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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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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