Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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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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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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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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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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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