Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
LEO TOLSTOYReal wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Love those you hate you.
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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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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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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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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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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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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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