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Person Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- The essence of any religion lies solely in the answer to the question: why do I exist, and what is my relationship to the infinite…
- 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.
- If religion is the establishing of a relationship between man and the universe, then morality is the explanation of those activities that automatically result when…
- We live in this world like a child who enters a room where a clever person is speaking. The child did not hear the beginning…
- A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are…
- It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Think: what do you work at?
- To say that you can love one person all your life is just like saying that one candle will continue burning as long as you…
- 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…
- The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things…
- The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people.
- The most important person is the one you are with in this moment.
- What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition…
- There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.
- You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
- When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated before his eyes--is…
- When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
- I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them…
- it is hard for anyone who is dissatisfied not to blame some one else, and especially the person nearest of all to him, for the…
- Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The…
- Music makes me forget myself, my true condition, it carries me off into another state of being, one that isn't my own: under the influence…
- Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
- When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
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