Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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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 key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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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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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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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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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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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