Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.

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.

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.

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.

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

If you want to be happy, be.

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.