Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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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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If you want to be happy, be.
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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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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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God is the same everywhere.
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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.
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Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
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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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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
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