Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
LEO TOLSTOY
In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
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If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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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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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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