Leo Tolstoy Quotes - Page 3

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• It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Love, Beauty, Love You

  Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Amy Mandelker (2010). “War and Peace”, p.1241, Oxford University Press

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

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  Inspirational, Time, Waiting

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “War and Peace”, p.1123, Leo Tolstoy

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• The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.

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  Inspirational, Meaning Of Life, Intellect

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• Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

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  Inspirational, Mind, Hiding

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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• Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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  Happiness, Inspirational Life, Bad Day

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• The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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  Inspirational, Life, Humanity

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Kingdom of God Is Within You”, p.269, Xist Publishing

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• Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind....Fo r Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness.

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  Empowering, Pursuit, Humankind

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• Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.

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  Book, Ideas

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• Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

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  Men, Historical, Violence

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• There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

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  Heart, Dark, Men

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• Dear Lord, what a madhouse the world is!

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  Dear Lord, World, Madhouses

  LEO TOLSTOY (1961). “ANNA KARENINA”

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• Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.

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  Helping Others, Meaning Of Life, Helping

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• Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

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  Knowing, Impossible, Life Is

  Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (2009). “Anna Karenina”, p.2120, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  Writing, Journey, Men

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• History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

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  Would Be, Wonderful, Ifs

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• My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.

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  Inspirational, Making A Difference, Bread

  graf Leo Tolstoy (1911). “What Tolstoy Taught”

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• The most important time is Now

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  Important, Adaptability

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Tolstoi for the Young”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Boredom: the desire for desires.

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  Boredom, Desire, Enthusiasm

  "Anna Karenina". Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1877.

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• Act as if you are, and you will become such.

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  Inspiring, Graduation, Ifs

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• If you want to be happy, be.

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  Life, Birthday, Happiness

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, p. 352, 2006.

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• Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.

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  Solitude, Debate, Truth Is

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  All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.

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  Love, Life, Marriage

  Leo Tolstoy (2014). “War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman”, p.1512, Simon and Schuster

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• The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

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  Patience, Time, Warrior

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “War and Peace”, p.851, Modern Library

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• Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?

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  Stupid, Mind, Important

  "Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy, p. 209, 1909.

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• Our whole life is taken up with anxiety for personal security, with preparations for living, so that we really never live at all.

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  Taken, Anxiety, Preparation

  Leo Tolstoy (2014). “My Religion”, p.164, The Floating Press

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