Leo Tolstoy Quotes, Art Quotes, People Quotes

Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.

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It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in our own hearts - more clearly than in any book - that we should take pity on animals in the same way as we do on humans.

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Go take the mother's soul, and learn three truths: Learn What dwells in man, What is not given to man , and What men live by . When thou hast learnt these things, thou shalt return to heaven.

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"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist."

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She did not want to talk of her sorrow, but with that sorrow in her heart she could not talk of outside matters.

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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

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Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." - Anna Karenina {Anna Karenina}

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Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.

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And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful.

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And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy.

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Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it suggested the fearful glow of a conflagration in the midst of a dark night.

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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.

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Why should I live? Why should I do anything? Is there in life any purpose which the inevitable death that awaits me does not undo and destroy?

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These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw nothing but the sand; yet there were brighter moments when she felt nothing but joy, saw nothing but the gold.

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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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The soul is immortal- well then, if I shall always live, I must have lived before, lived for a whole eternity.

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Love those you hate you.

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There are people who, on meeting a successful rival, no matter in what, are at once disposed to turn their backs on everything good in him, and to see only what is bad. There are people, on the other hand, who desire above all to find in that lucky rival the qualities by which he has outstripped them, and seek with a throbbing ache at heart only what is good.

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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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I'd rather end up wishing I hadn’t than end up wishing I had.

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