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Leo Tolstoy’s classic quotes

1. A person is like a fraction, his actual talent is like the numerator, and his valuation of himself is like the denominator. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction value.

2. Heroism consists in sacrificing oneself for faith and truth.

3. Love and kindness are reality and happiness, and they are the real existence and the only possible happiness in the world.

4. Yes, the best way to achieve true happiness in life is to be like a spider, spreading the sticky web of love from itself to all directions without any restrictions, and catching it on the web at will. of everything.

5. The greatest truth is the most ordinary truth.

6. People who do what they should do are brave.

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

8. Have life goals: lifelong goals, one-year goals, one-month goals, one-week goals, one-day goals, one-hour goals, one-minute goals, or big goals. goals at the expense of small goals.

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

10. Compared with the height of the soul, everything in the world seems so humble.

11. Wealth is not a permanent friend, but friends are permanent wealth.

12. Happiness lies in living for others.

13. Where there is no simplicity, kindness and truth, there can be no greatness.

14. 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.

15. People must be slaves, but for people, the question is whose slave they have to choose. If it is the slave of their own body, it is obviously their own slave; if it is the slave of their own spirit, The slaves of the origin are nothing but slaves of God.

16. You should not live for your own needs, but for the truth.

17. We know nothing. This is the pinnacle of wisdom that humans can reach.

18. People spoil their stomachs and always complain about the food. The same goes for people who are dissatisfied with life.

19. The most common mistake we make is to rashly judge others as good or bad, fools or sages. People are constantly flowing and changing like rivers. People do not exist with the same appearance every day. People have various possibilities; a fool may become smart, an evil person may become a kind person, and vice versa. . This is the greatness of people. Therefore, when we think about how to judge, he has become another person.

20. You must sweat on your brow to get your bread.

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

22. We not only live on this land today, but also lived in the past and will always live there, in the whole.

23. I think the beauty of a person lies in a smile: if the smile increases the charm of the face, the face is beautiful; if the smile does not change it, it is ordinary; if the smile does not change it, it is ordinary; If a smile mars it, it becomes ugly.

24. As long as people don't find the game of life to be stupid, they will expect it. Once people can recognize its stupidity, they will die. This is what I will do.

25. The life of a person without faith is nothing more than the life of an animal.

26. In order to live happily, we should believe in the possibility of happiness.

27. The cause of science is to serve the people.

28. All self-interested lives are irrational and animal lives.

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

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

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

32. Whether it is flowers, plants, trees, birds, insects, or children, they are all happy and full of life. Only people, only adults, have been deceiving themselves, torturing themselves and others. What they think is sacred and important is not this charming spring morning, nor the beauty in the world created by God for the benefit of all living beings, the kind of beauty that makes all things tend to peace, harmony, and mutual love; what they think is sacred and important is themselves Various means invented to rule others.

33. A mind without wisdom is like a lantern without candles.

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

35. Only Germans are such people who are confident enough to be martyred, precisely because only Germans’ self-confidence is based on an abstract concept - science, which is false knowledge of absolute truth. The French are confident because they believe that they are equally irresistibly attractive to men and women, both intellectually and physically.

The British self-confidence is based on the fact that he is the most organized people in the world, so he, as a British, always knows what he should do, and knows that, as a British, everything he does, there is no doubt that he is Yes.

36. Happiness does not lie in external causes, but in our attitude towards external causes. A person who is used to hard work cannot be unhappy.

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

38. Life, life, only at this time can people feel its beautiful connotations, which are often ignored by people in normal times. In fact, the true meaning of life lies in being able to freely enjoy the sunshine, forests, mountains, grasslands, and rivers, and in being satisfied with the ordinary. Others are irrelevant.

39. The hour you put it aside without using it most effectively can never come back.

40. Don’t regard knowledge as a crown for decoration, nor as a cow for milking.

41. His conversation is always approachable. This simplicity not only conceals his ignorance of certain things, but also shows his good demeanor and tolerance.

42. 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.

43. Eating is beneficial only when you are hungry. Similarly, it is beneficial and harmless only to interact with others when you are loving.

44. Happiness exists in life, and life exists in labor.

45. The reason for this series of terrible changes in him was simply that he no longer believed in himself and turned to trust others. As for the reason why he no longer believes in himself and trusts others, it is because if he believes in himself, life will become too difficult: Believing in himself means that when dealing with various problems, he cannot consider the pursuit of relaxed and happy self. And it is almost always against him; trusting others means that there is no need to deal with any problems, all problems have been solved, and the principle of solving problems always does not consider the spiritual self, but only the physical self.

46. The purpose of human existence is to make the greatest efforts to achieve the most comprehensive development of all existing affairs.

47. Being away from work is a crime.

48. You won’t grow up when no one says “no” to you.

49. Real genius has two shoulders: one shoulder is morality and the other is aesthetics. If the moral shoulder is raised too high, then the aesthetic one is lowered. Such a genius is a genius on the paranoid end.

50. The mission of mankind is to constantly strive for perfection.

51. Avoid exaggeration and extravagance. It is better to understate than to overstate.

52. Labor can arouse people’s creativity.

53. Ideal books are the key to wisdom.

54. Soak three times in clean water, bathe three times in blood water, and boil three times in alkaline water, and we will be extremely pure.

55. A mind without wisdom is like a lantern without candles.

56. The strange thing is that, for some reason, when I was young, I tried my best to act like an adult; and when I was no longer a child, I wanted to be like a child again.

57. People are too accustomed to using force to maintain order, so it is impossible to consider social organizations without repression.

58. Life is not a game, therefore, we do not have the right to give up it based on our own will.

59. A conscientious and pure person feels that life is a sweet and happy thing.

60. If you understand everything, you will forgive everything.

61. Have life goals, lifelong goals, goals for a period of time, goals for a stage, goals for a year, goals for a month, goals for a week, goals for a day, goals for an hour Goal, one minute goal.

62. Although integrity is not a good deed, it is the lack of evidence of sin.

63. Like a moth flying toward a wildfire, this love is destined to destroy her.

64. I will have such a love... The whole world is divided into two halves in my eyes: one half is her, where everything is joy, hope, and light; the other half is everything without her, Everything there is miserable and dark.

65. Everything that unites people is goodness and beauty, and everything that divides people is evil and ugliness.

66. I said that fallen women should be forgiven, but I never said that I could forgive.

67. People are like a river. The water in the river is still water wherever it goes. There is no objection to this. However, rivers can be narrow, wide, calm, clear, cold, turbid, warm, etc., and so can people.

68. Human beings are given a job, which is spiritual growth.

69. If a teacher only has love for his career, then he is a good teacher. If he integrates his love for education and his love for students, he is a perfect teacher.

70. Ideals are guiding lights.

Without ideals, there is no firm direction; without direction, there is no life.

71. The more a person gives to others and the less he demands, the better he is; the less a person gives to others and the more he demands, the worse he is. .

72. Vengeance is mine, and I will repay you. Happy families are all alike, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

73. Do your best to fulfill your obligations, and you should know how valuable you are.

74. Life is not a matter of enjoyment, but a very heavy task.

75. An elegant person is the real king of life.

76. If a person who is immersed in mental work does not move his limbs regularly, it will be extremely painful.

77. Always have a pencil and notebook with you. Write down all the wonderful places and words you encounter while reading and talking.

78. When there is life, there is happiness.

79. Happy families have the same happiness, while unhappy families have their own misfortunes.

80. Strangely enough, this kind of admission of one's own despicable mood is certainly painful, but at the same time it makes people happy and at ease.

81. The sun has set, and a few bright stars in the sky have begun to twinkle; the full moon that has just risen casts a crimson firelight in the sky, and a huge fireball is magical in the gray twilight. The wandering. The sky is bright. The twilight is getting thicker, but the night has not yet fallen.