"Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy."
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Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Quotes by Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"God is the same everywhere."
"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning."
"Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy."
"Everything ends in death, everything. Death is terrible."
"You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love."
"The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness..."
"He is not apprehended by reason, but by life."
"It's all God's will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle."
"Life did not stop, and one had to live."
"If there is a God and future life, there is truth and good, and man's highest happiness consists in striving to attain them. We must live, we must love, and we must believe that we live not only today on this scrap of earth, but have lived and shall live"
"It's all God's will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle."
"Life did not stop, and one had to live."
"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth."
"One must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm alive and it's not my fault, which means I must somehow go on living the best I can, without bothering anybody, until I die.''But what makes you live? With such thoughts, you'll sit without moving, without undertaking anything...''Life won't leave one alone as it is."
"You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love."
"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."
"We are asleep until we fall in Love!"
"Everything I know, I know because of love."
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed."