Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
LEO TOLSTOYIn the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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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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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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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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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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