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.
LEO TOLSTOYSpring is the time of plans and projects.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Love those you hate you.
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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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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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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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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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