Leo Tolstoy on gold
“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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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy 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.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything I know, I know because of love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Mental health or existential wealth? Is the sacrifice worth the reward? Don’t sell your soul for fools gold, The real riches you must move toward.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Remember me as a wanderer wild, with bright blue eyes and a heart of golden fire.
Court YoungCourt Young She bleeds the life of golden rose from her lips whenever she kisses.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You feed me poison in a spoon of gold and I always ask for more.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi There is exchange of all things for fire and of fire for all things, as there is of wares for gold and of gold for wares.
HeraclitusHeraclitus Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
DemocritusDemocritus My love, you have a heart of gold, it’s precious, beautiful, and bold.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
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