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Leo Tolstoy Quotes - Page 3

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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

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?

Stupid, Mind, Important

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

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

Inspirational, Time, Waiting

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

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

Book, Ideas

Dear Lord, what a madhouse the world is!

Dear Lord, World, Madhouses

LEO TOLSTOY (1961). “ANNA KARENINA”

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.

Heart, Dark, Men

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.

Happiness, You Make Me Happy, Vacation

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

Knowing, Impossible, Life Is

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

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Arrogant Person, Perfect, Arrogance

"Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy (p. 110), 1909.

What is important is not the quantity of your knowledge but its quality. You can know many things without knowing the most important.

Knowing, Important, Quality

Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

I believe that the reason of life is for each of us simply to grow in love.

Believe, Life Is, Reason

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

Writing, Journey, Men

If people tell you that you should live your life preparing for the future, do not believe them. Real Life is found only in the present.

Real, Believe, People

Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.93, Simon and Schuster

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

Patience, Time, Warrior

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

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness

Mean, Effort

There is no genius where there is not simplicity.

Simplicity, Genius

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.

Truth, Lying, Giving

Boredom: the desire for desires.

Boredom, Desire, Enthusiasm

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

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

Inspirational, Mind, Hiding

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

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.

God, Childhood, Unhappy

Love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills.

Love Is, Humanity, Way

Leo Tolstoy, J. M. Packham (2015). “Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers”, p.98, Lulu Press, Inc

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

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

Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not.

Believe, Believe In You, Knows

Leo Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy (graf), Reginald Frank Christian (1978). “Tolstoy's Letters: 1880-1910”, Burns & Oates

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.

Work, People, Political

graf Leo Tolstoy (1899). “The Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi”

If you want to be happy, be.

Life, Birthday, Happiness

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

The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.

Purpose, Method, Purpose Of Education

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