More quotes by Leo Tolstoy

"truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here."
"He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began."
"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you."