Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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Faith is the force of life.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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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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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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