If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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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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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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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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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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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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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Kings are the slaves of history.
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