Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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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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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Don’t seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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