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Leo Tolstoy quotes about love

Russian Novelist September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910

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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. Leo Tolstoy
Where did I get it from? Was it by reason that I attained to the knowledge that I must love my neighbour and not throttle him? They told me so when I was a child, and I gladly believed it, because they told me what was already in my soul. But who discovered it? Not reason! Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered... Leo Tolstoy
The whole trouble lies in that people think that there are conditions excluding the necessity of love in their intercourse with man, but such conditions do not exist. Things may be treated without love; one may chop wood, make bricks, forge iron without love, but one can no more deal with people without love than one can handle bees without care. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads,..."
...if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "oh God! what am I to do if I love nothing but fame and men's..."
oh God! what am I to do if I love nothing but fame and men's esteem? Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "There are as many kinds of love, as there are hearts"
There are as many kinds of love, as there are hearts Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so..."
If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. Leo Tolstoy
He knew that Vronsky could not be prevented from amusing himself with painting; he knew that he and all dilettanti had a perfect right to paint what they liked, but it was distasteful to him. A man could not be prevented from making himself a big wax doll, and kissing it. But if the man were to come with the doll and sit before a man in love, and began caressing his doll as the lover caressed the woman he loved, it would be distasteful to the lover. Just such a distasteful sensation was what... Leo Tolstoy
It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men attribute the greatest merit to skill in killing one another. Leo Tolstoy
In all human sorrow nothing gives comfort but love and faith, and that in the sight of Christ's compassion for us no sorrow is trifiling. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "God knows of love"
God knows of love Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love..."
Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. Leo Tolstoy
Was it through reason that I arrived at the necessity of loving my neighbor and not throttling him?...Not reason. Reason discovered the struggle for existence and the law which demands that everyone who hinders the satisfaction of my desires should be throttled. That is the conclusion of reason. Reason could not discover love for the other, because it’s unreasonable. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy quote: "One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to..."
One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love. Leo Tolstoy
I must ask what it is you want of me?"What can I want? All I can want is that you should not desert me, as you think of doing," she said, understanding all he had not uttered. "But that I don't want; that's secondary. I want love, and there is none. So then all is over. Leo Tolstoy

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