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.
LEO TOLSTOYArt lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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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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Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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