All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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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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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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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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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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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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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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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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God is the same everywhere.
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