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.
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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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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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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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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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.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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Love those you hate you.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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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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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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