Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
LEO TOLSTOYI simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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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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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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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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Kings are the slaves of history.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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