Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
LEO TOLSTOYThe more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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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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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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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 comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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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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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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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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