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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 he...more

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If you want to be happy, be.

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The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

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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 ...more

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In the depths of his soul Ivan Ilyich knew that he was dying... he simply did not, he could not possibly understand it. The example of a syllogism he ...more

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We are all brothers, and yet I live by receiving a salary for arraigning, judging and punishing a thief or a prostitute, whose existence is conditione...more

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Instead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jewish, Greek, or Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing the progress o...more

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The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

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Love those you hate you.

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There are no conditions to which a man cannot become used, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way.

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Ah, if everyone was as sensitive as you! There's no girl who hasn't gone through that. And it's all so unimportant!

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Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

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The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being...more

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Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important pe...more