The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
LEO TOLSTOYHe 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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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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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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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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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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