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I had begun to feel that life was a repetition of the same thing; that there was nothing new either in me or in him; and that, on the contrary, we kept going back as it were on what was old.
From Семейное счастие
Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
From Anna Karenina
You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
From War and Peace
Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.
From Anna Karenina
All religious-moral questions are decided not by consideration of what is more advantageous, but by that which a man recognizes good and what is evil, what is a duty and what is not.
From The Inevitable Revolution
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
From Anna Karenina
You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the
earth, but the earth goes round the sun, revolving as it
goes, and turning towards the sun in the course of each
twenty-four hours, not only Japan, and the Philippines,
and Sumatra where we now are, but Africa, and Europe,
and America, and many lands besides. The sun does not
shine for some one mountain, or for some one island,
or for some one sea, nor even for one earth alone, but
for other planets as well as our earth. If you would
only look up at the heavens, instead of at the ground
beneath your own feet, you might all understand this,
and would then no longer suppose that the sun shines
for you, or for your country alone.
From Eleven Stories
Love those you hate you.
From Anna Karenina
We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.
From Anna Karenina
They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.
From Anna Karenina
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.
From War and Peace
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
From War and Peace
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
From War and Peace
Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.
From War and Peace
It never before happened that the rich ruling and more educated minority, which has the most influence on the masses, not only disbelieved the existing religion but was convinced that no religion is no longer needed.
From What Is Religion? And Other New Articles and Letters
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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.
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
From War and Peace
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
From War and Peace
I had begun to feel that life was a repetition of the same thing; that there was nothing new either in me or in him; and that, on the contrary, we kept going back as it were on what was old.
From Семейное счастие
Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
From Anna Karenina
You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
From War and Peace
Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.
From Anna Karenina
All religious-moral questions are decided not by consideration of what is more advantageous, but by that which a man recognizes good and what is evil, what is a duty and what is not.
From The Inevitable Revolution
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
From Anna Karenina
You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the
earth, but the earth goes round the sun, revolving as it
goes, and turning towards the sun in the course of each
twenty-four hours, not only Japan, and the Philippines,
and Sumatra where we now are, but Africa, and Europe,
and America, and many lands besides. The sun does not
shine for some one mountain, or for some one island,
or for some one sea, nor even for one earth alone, but
for other planets as well as our earth. If you would
only look up at the heavens, instead of at the ground
beneath your own feet, you might all understand this,
and would then no longer suppose that the sun shines
for you, or for your country alone.
From Eleven Stories
Love those you hate you.
From Anna Karenina
We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.
From Anna Karenina
They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.
From Anna Karenina
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.
From War and Peace
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
From War and Peace
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
From War and Peace
Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.
From War and Peace
It never before happened that the rich ruling and more educated minority, which has the most influence on the masses, not only disbelieved the existing religion but was convinced that no religion is no longer needed.
From What Is Religion? And Other New Articles and Letters
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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.
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
From War and Peace
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
From War and Peace
I had begun to feel that life was a repetition of the same thing; that there was nothing new either in me or in him; and that, on the contrary, we kept going back as it were on what was old.
From Семейное счастие
Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.
From Anna Karenina
You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
From War and Peace
Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.
From Anna Karenina
All religious-moral questions are decided not by consideration of what is more advantageous, but by that which a man recognizes good and what is evil, what is a duty and what is not.
From The Inevitable Revolution
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.
From Anna Karenina
You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the
earth, but the earth goes round the sun, revolving as it
goes, and turning towards the sun in the course of each
twenty-four hours, not only Japan, and the Philippines,
and Sumatra where we now are, but Africa, and Europe,
and America, and many lands besides. The sun does not
shine for some one mountain, or for some one island,
or for some one sea, nor even for one earth alone, but
for other planets as well as our earth. If you would
only look up at the heavens, instead of at the ground
beneath your own feet, you might all understand this,
and would then no longer suppose that the sun shines
for you, or for your country alone.
From Eleven Stories
Love those you hate you.
From Anna Karenina
We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there's no altering that.
From Anna Karenina
They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.
From Anna Karenina
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.
From War and Peace
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
From War and Peace
In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
From War and Peace
Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.
From War and Peace
It never before happened that the rich ruling and more educated minority, which has the most influence on the masses, not only disbelieved the existing religion but was convinced that no religion is no longer needed.
From What Is Religion? And Other New Articles and Letters
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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.
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
From War and Peace
Life did not stop, and one had to live.
From War and Peace