The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
LEO TOLSTOYI wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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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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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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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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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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Real 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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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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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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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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