Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
LEO TOLSTOYA man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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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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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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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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God is the same everywhere.
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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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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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Faith is the force of life.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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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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If you want to be happy, be.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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