More from Leo Tolstoy
He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy 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.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything I know, I know because of love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy 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 TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy God is the same everywhere.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
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The heart is like a flowing river of emotions deep as the sea and vast as the heavens bringing color to life.
Jasmine KangJasmine Kang It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have. Why? Because the thoughts and feelings you emit as you feel ungrateful are all negative emotions.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.
Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally – with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen Every good thought, every good word, every good emotion, and every act of kindness, is lifting the vibration of your being to new heights. And as you begin to raise your vibration, a new life and a new world will reveal itself to you.
Rhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne
