The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
LEO TOLSTOYLet the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Faith is the force of life.
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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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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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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 the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Love those you hate you.
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It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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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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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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