He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
LEO TOLSTOYI’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.
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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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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God is the same everywhere.
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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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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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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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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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