30 classic quotations from Tolstoy that you must read at least once in your life

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian critical realist writer, thinker, and philosopher in the mid-19th century. From 1863 to 1869, Tolstoy wrote the long historical novel "War and Peace". From 1873 to 1877, he completed his second landmark masterpiece "Anna Karenina". From 1879 to 1882, Tolstoy's worldview changed dramatically and he wrote "Confessions". The novel "Resurrection" written from 1889 to 1899 is the summary of his long-term ideological and artistic exploration.

1. Everyone has flaws, just like an apple that has been bitten by God. Some people have bigger flaws precisely because God particularly likes their fragrance.

2. People are not cute because they are beautiful, but beautiful because they are cute.

3. Understand everything and forgive everything.

4. You don’t grow up when no one says “no” to you.

5. Choose what you like and love what you choose.

6. Can you do it - be bold but not impatient, quick but not frivolous, active but not frivolous, obey your boss but not flattery, fulfill your duties but not self-willed, win and win Not arrogant, happy with achievements but not showing off, self-respecting but not arrogant, bold but not deceiving, strong but not pedantic, lively but not frivolous, straightforward but not naive...

7. A happy family has Same happiness, but unhappy families are each unhappy in their own way.

8. We are all waiting, waiting for others to save ourselves.

9. If you love someone, love him as a whole, and love him as he is, rather than expecting him to be like this or that

10. Every day is a new day. Of course it's good to be lucky, but I'd rather do it exactly. That way, when luck comes, you'll be prepared.

11. "The water overflows when it is full, and the moon waxes and wanes." This world has always been more beautiful, but not the most beautiful. The moment closest to perfection is the moment when it is easiest to go to the opposite direction.

12. People often regard the satisfaction of desires as happiness.

13. A person is like a fraction, his actual talent is the numerator, and his self-evaluation is the denominator - the larger the denominator, the smaller the value of the fraction.

14. The value of life is not measured by time, but by depth.

15. Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves.

16. People live for hope, because with hope, people have the courage to live.

17. Everyone has something deep in his heart that only he understands.

18. There are three characteristics of smart people: first, they do what they advise others to do; second, they never do things that go against nature; third, they tolerate the weaknesses of people around them

19. What matters is not the quantity of knowledge, but the quality of knowledge. Some people know a lot, but they don’t know the most useful things.

20. The smarter and kinder a person is, the more virtues he sees in others; and the more stupid and vicious a person is, the more shortcomings he sees in others.

21. When you realize that you are a humble person, you are no longer a humble person.

22. If everyone fought only for his own beliefs, there would be no war.

23. The key to happiness is not how compatible you are, but how you deal with each other's incompatibility.

24. Remember: There is only one time that matters, and that’s now! It is important because it is our time to make a difference.

25. When living with others, don’t forget the truth you learned when you were alone. And when you are alone, think carefully about the truths you draw from your interactions with others.

26. People who ruin their stomach always complain about the food. The same goes for people who are dissatisfied with life.

27. There is only a narrow road between mediocrity and hypocrisy, and that is the only right way.

In my opinion, pretentiousness is more terrible than mediocrity, and the reason why it is terrible is that it is obviously mediocre but pretends to be unique, so it is dishonest mediocrity.

28. Ideals are guiding lights. Without ideals, there is no firm direction; without direction, there is no life.

29. Blindly believing in science is no different from ignorance.

30. If God wants those people to perish, he will first make them mad. Tagore's 32 classic quotations should be read at least once in your life

Rabindranath Tagore, a famous Indian poet, writer, social activist, philosopher and Indian nationalist. He became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for "Gitanjali". His poems contain profound religious and philosophical insights. Tagore's poems enjoy epic status in India, including his representative works "Gitanjali", "Birds", "Gardener", "Crescent Moon", etc.

1. Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.

2. My eyes are raining for her, but my heart is holding an umbrella for her. This is love.

3. The world kisses me with pain and wants me to repay it with songs.

4. Only those who have experienced hellish hardships can develop the power to create heaven; only fingers that have shed blood can produce the last sound of the world.

5. When you cry for missing the sun, you will also miss the stars again.

6. We see the world wrong and say it has deceived us.

7. Don’t be anxious, the best will always appear when you least expect it.

8. Even if you are sad, don’t frown, because you don’t know who will fall in love with your smile.

9. Your burdens will become gifts and your suffering will light your way.

10. You smiled slightly and said nothing to me. And I feel that I have been waiting for this for a long time.

11. The difference between friendship and love is that friendship means two people and the world, but love means two people are the world.

12. There are no traces of wings in the sky, but I have flown through.

13. My heart is a bird in the wilderness that finds its sky in your eyes.

14. Sometimes love is not believed because you see it, but you can see it because you believe it.

15. The meaning of life is not to leave anything behind. As long as you have experienced it, it is the greatest beauty. This is not incompetence, but a kind of transcendence.

16. At the end of the day, I stand in front of you, and you will see my scars and know that I have been injured and healed.

17. A completely rational heart is like a knife with all sharp edges, which will make the hands of those who use it bleed.

18. "Possible" asked "Impossible": "Where do you live?" It replied: "In the dream of the powerless."

19 . Once, we dreamed that we were strangers to each other. When we woke up, we realized that we actually loved each other. One day, we dreamed that we were in love with each other. When I woke up, I realized that we were already strangers.

20. Whether in good times or in bad times, life is an endless struggle against all kinds of difficulties, a battle against the enemy.

21. The closer the place is to you, the farther the journey is; the simplest tone requires the hardest practice.

22. One night I burned all my memories, and from then on my dreams became transparent. One morning I threw away all yesterday, and from then on my steps became light.

23. If a bird's wings are tied with gold, the bird will never be able to fly in the sky again.

24. Just walk over and don’t linger to pick flowers to keep, because the flowers will continue to bloom along the way.

25. Don’t complain about food when you lose your appetite.

26. If you shut out all mistakes, truth will also be shut out.

27. Be sure to choose your enemies carefully, because you will find that you and your enemies become more and more similar.

28. The scabbard protects the sharpness of the knife, but it itself is content with its dullness.

29. Those who love me in this world try their best to hold me back. Your love is not like that, your love is much greater than theirs, you set me free

30. Silence is a virtue, but silence in front of the person you like is a kind of cowardice.

31. Those who just live by the rules are not making society progress, but just keeping it going.

32. Missing is like a well-fed homing pigeon, no matter how it flies, No matter how long the time and distance is, we can always fly back to where we came from. 28 classic quotations by Gibran, which must be read at least once in your life

Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American Arab writer. Known as an "artistic genius" and "the pride of Lebanese literary circles", he is the main founder of Arabic literature and one of the pioneers of new Arab literature in the 20th century. His main works include "Tears and Laughter", "Prophet", "Sand and Foam", etc., which contain rich social and oriental spirit. They do not focus on plot and aim to express rich emotions. Gibran, Lu Xun and Rabindranath Tagore were the pioneers of modern Oriental literature going global.

1. Don’t go too far and forget why we set out.

2. A person has two me, one is awake in the dark and the other is sleeping in the light.

3. The meaning of a person does not lie in his achievements, but in what he strives to achieve.

4. You may forget the person who laughed with you; but you will never forget the person who cried with you.

5. Yesterday is just a memory of today, and tomorrow is just a dream of today.

6. No matter how far away the goal is, it cannot withstand persistent persistence.

7. Freedom is the thickest of human chains.

8. Generosity is not that you give me something that I need more than you do, but that you give me something that you need more than me.

9. One cannot reach dawn except by the road through night.

10. A great person has two hearts, one bleeding and one tolerant.

11. The child is not actually your child. They are the children of life's thirst for itself. They are born through you, but not from you.

12. Thoughts are like birds in the sky. In the cage of language, they may spread their wings, but they cannot fly.

13. If you turn your back to the sun, you can only see your own shadow.

14. Reason alone in power is a limited force; passion without restraint is a self-burning flame.

15. If one day: you no longer look for love, just love; you no longer desire success, just do it; you no longer pursue growth, just practice; everything really begins!

16. Stand together, but not too close. Because the pillars are separated, the temple can be supported. Nor can oaks and cypresses grow in each other's shadow.

17. Only when I saw you did I know why I came to this world.

18. Embrace the past with memory and embrace the future with hope.

19. The goshawk can fly across the sun alone without carrying its nest of crops

20. Although the waves of words are always noisy above us, our depths are always silent.

21. Love neither gives nor takes except oneself; love neither possesses nor is possessed by anyone; love is only satisfied with oneself.

22. Life is indeed dark, unless there is motivation; all motivation is blind, unless there is knowledge; all knowledge is in vain, unless there is a dream; everything All dreams are empty unless there is love.

23. When I opened my eyes, I saw darkness; when I opened my mouth to speak, all I said was sadness.

24. If you leaked your secret to the wind, you should not blame the wind for leaking the secret to the forest.

25. I once talked about the sea to a creek, and the creek thought I was just an exaggerator of fantasy; I also talked about the creek to the sea, and the ocean thought I was just a slanderer who underestimated.

26. I am willing to walk with those who walk. I didn't want to stand and watch the procession pass by.

27. Memory is a way of meeting each other.

28. Generosity is giving more than one is capable of, and self-esteem is receiving less than one needs. 28 sentences by Gibran, which must be read at least once in a lifetime

Gibran, a Lebanese-American Arab writer. Known as an "artistic genius" and "the pride of Lebanese literary circles", he is the main founder of Arabic literature and one of the pioneers of new Arab literature in the 20th century. His main works include "Tears and Laughter", "Prophet", "Sand and Foam", etc., which contain rich social and oriental spirit. They do not focus on plot and aim to express rich emotions. Gibran, Lu Xun and Rabindranath Tagore were the pioneers of modern Oriental literature going global.