The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
LEO TOLSTOYDon’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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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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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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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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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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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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’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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