All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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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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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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He 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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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