Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
LEO TOLSTOYDebates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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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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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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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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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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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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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 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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