Life did not stop, and one had to live.
LEO TOLSTOYArt lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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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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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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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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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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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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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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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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Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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Faith is the force of life.
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If you want to be happy, be.
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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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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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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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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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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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Don’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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