The highest degree of human wisdom
Boston skyline at Copley Square turned sideways / July 2007
Leo Tolstoy:
“If everyone fought only for his own convictions, there would be no wars.” (War and Peace)
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“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” (War and Peace)
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
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“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.” (Anna Karenina)
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“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.” (Anna Karenina)
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"Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness."
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