If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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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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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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A 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.
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It’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.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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