All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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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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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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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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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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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