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  • If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.
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    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Order Quotes , People Quotes
  • There is one thing, and only one thing, in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth.
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    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Granted Quotes
  • The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction.
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    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Religious Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as soon as I would give in to vile passions I was praised and encouraged. Ambition, love of power, self-interest, lechery, pride, anger, vengeance-all of it was highly esteemed.
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    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Passion Quotes , Ambition Quotes