![It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pvn8P-ydF8s/X1tvDRFBPlI/AAAAAAAAHzY/sCk6Jf6uEjMA4yfyuxQRNnLjJ6MSqyx2QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-amazing-how-complete-is-the-delusion-that-beauty-is-goodness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Leo Tolstoy
![It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pvn8P-ydF8s/X1tvDRFBPlI/AAAAAAAAHzY/sCk6Jf6uEjMA4yfyuxQRNnLjJ6MSqyx2QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-amazing-how-complete-is-the-delusion-that-beauty-is-goodness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qszro3Ivxoo/X1tuqPbYfAI/AAAAAAAAHvA/MxjKOxbPROsGO88xyS96U5jiYMl2evm9QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/in-the-name-of-god-stop-a-moment-cease-your-work-look-around-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
![The strongest of all warriors are these two Time and Patience.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0zA0bhC1o9U/X1uKkh7KuvI/AAAAAAAAKfg/pVVQNd2OyJAE0iHwrvaBWPP_MRvXtNqEgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-strongest-of-all-warriors-are-these-two-time-and-patience.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The strongest of all warriors are these two Time and Patience.
![There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DI0YhjUs_VI/X1uLWEKsYpI/AAAAAAAAKo8/DEYqINWZBY4mL9bcabdPs7kGXs0gGER1QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/there-is-no-greatness-where-there-is-not-simplicity-goodness-and-truth.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
![Boredom: the desire for desires.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uPQ4RTipGtk/X1th7bchfqI/AAAAAAAAF2Q/fu7iV2kemWweWrEC2w-Yf0RMpsqguCGQQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/boredom-the-desire-for-desires.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Boredom: the desire for desires.
![Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mIEdDWKShpg/X1uSUtikLKI/AAAAAAAALog/pufLKZ4stuAXnIJ-po3DMY6zdpJ79wRnwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/wrong-does-not-cease-to-be-wrong-because-the-majority-share-in-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
![The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B8KdtIIBO34/X1uIey9hW2I/AAAAAAAAKK4/KINs1rd0yEQh7yNM3WAx8qZQxrg_D7PUQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-best-stories-dont-come-from-good-vs-bad-but-good-vs-good.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
![Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-coKIC23EvIk/X1t62Q6yq3I/AAAAAAAAJFo/MdI_BgZI2g08FJx_FC7TXQToprqbfMbHQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/respect-was-invented-to-cover-the-empty-place-where-love-should-be.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
![We are asleep until we fall in Love!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XKaRHnJsw7A/X1uPBsrOVrI/AAAAAAAALGg/G9rGRPqn5fAUB_Tanw58Ou0EvEHZQXW9gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-are-asleep-until-we-fall-in-love.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We are asleep until we fall in Love!
![Love those you hate you.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-10xQMbIE0JY/X1t1lRdIcOI/AAAAAAAAIWo/xXGyTR7fqe0nStUyovu-2B11dLqbCC57gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/love-those-you-hate-you.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Love those you hate you.
![If you want to be happy, be.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cVw1MiGWmpo/X0bGK8bBJ_I/AAAAAAAAC90/CiFe8DlZ99Y3H1RFkGLKcqo-k0TtutJoQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/if-you-want-to-be-happy-be-quotes-by-leo-tolstoy-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-happiness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you want to be happy, be.
![And where love ends, hate begins](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I4InUB9feyU/X1tdZ7iL7JI/AAAAAAAAFlU/L9fVXxvdn8U9QgKpdA94C14A6sqwLGd8wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/and-where-love-ends-hate-begins.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)