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• The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

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  Patience, Time, Warrior

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “War and Peace”, p.851, Modern Library

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• Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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  Happiness, Inspirational Life, Bad Day

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• 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.

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  Heart, Dark, Men

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• Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.

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  War, Government, Common Sense

  Leo Tolstoy (graf) (1951). “The kingdom of God: and peace essays”

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• If you're not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.

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  Jobs, Attitude, Work

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• The most important time is Now

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  Important, Adaptability

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “Tolstoi for the Young”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.

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  Clothes, Wit, Meetings

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• Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

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  Men, Law, Suffering

  Harvey Carr, George Williams Peckham, Mrs. Elizabeth (Gifford) Peckham, John Knight Munro Berry, William Warner Bishop (1887). “Pamphlets in philology and the humanities”

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• My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.

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  Inspirational, Making A Difference, Bread

  graf Leo Tolstoy (1911). “What Tolstoy Taught”

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• People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.

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  Clever, People, Trying

  "Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy, p. 210, 1909.

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• Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare for the night and for the winter time, but do not prepare for death. We must prepare for death. But there is only one way to prepare for death - and that is to live well.

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  Summer, Winter, Night

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• The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

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  Important, Way, Guides

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

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• Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

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  Change, Inspiring, Self Improvement

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• History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

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  Would Be, Wonderful, Ifs

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• Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?

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  Stupid, Mind, Important

  "Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy, p. 209, 1909.

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• There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Truth

  Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1071, Vintage

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• Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

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  Intelligent, Men, Changing Your Life

  Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.15, Vintage

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• 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.

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  Arrogant Person, Perfect, Arrogance

  "Path of Life". Book by Leo Tolstoy (p. 110), 1909.

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• A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, 'Today I'm going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.

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  Peace, Morning, Sleep

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• The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.

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  Purpose, Method, Purpose Of Education

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• Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.

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  Doe, Lambs, Cry

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• Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.

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  Secret, Doe, Messengers

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• If you see that some aspect of your society is bad, and you want to improve it, there is only one way to do so: you have to improve people. And in order to improve people, you begin with only ONE thing: you can become better yourself.

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  Order, People, Want

  Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• Act as if you are, and you will become such.

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  Inspiring, Graduation, Ifs

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• Boredom: the desire for desires.

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  Boredom, Desire, Enthusiasm

  "Anna Karenina". Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1877.

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