There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
LEO TOLSTOYI always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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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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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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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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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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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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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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