The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
LEO TOLSTOYDebates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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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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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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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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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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I 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.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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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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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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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Don’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
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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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