Boredom: the desire for desires.
LEO TOLSTOYThe two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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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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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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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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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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God is the same everywhere.
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