Leo Tolstoy

Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#inspirational #inspirational

Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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This history of culture will explain to us the motives, the conditions of life, and the thought of the writer or reformer. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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I think that to find out what love is really like, one must first make a mistake and then put it right. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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Some one dear to one can be loved with human love; but an enemy can only be loved with divine love. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#enemy #human #love #love

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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I often think how unfairly life's good fortune is sometimes distributed. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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And where love ends, hate begins ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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