Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
LEO TOLSTOYSometimes 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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God is the same everywhere.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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