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21 Deep Philosophy Quotes From Leo Tolstoy

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 1. "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy
2. "A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself.

The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction."

- Leo Tolstoy
3. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it."

- Leo Tolstoy
4. "Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness.

But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. "

- Leo Tolstoy
5. "Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs.

This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking."

- Leo Tolstoy
6. "Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know."

- Leo Tolstoy
7. "If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life."

- Leo Tolstoy
8. "When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be."

- Leo Tolstoy
9. "There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail,
there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes."

- Leo Tolstoy
10. "Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness."

- Leo Tolstoy
11. "Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles,
so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts."

- Leo Tolstoy
12. "If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job."

- Leo Tolstoy
13. "Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change."

- Leo Tolstoy
14. "Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life."

- Leo Tolstoy
15. "The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people."

- Leo Tolstoy
16. "The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."

- Leo Tolstoy
17. "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

- Leo Tolstoy
18. "If you want to be happy, be."

- Leo Tolstoy
19. "An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance.

It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person."

- Leo Tolstoy
20. "One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken."

- Leo Tolstoy
21. "Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

- Leo Tolstoy
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