It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
LEO TOLSTOYOnly 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If you want to be happy, be.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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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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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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