Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
LEO TOLSTOYI often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal 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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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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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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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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