Leo Tolstoy on love
“Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.”
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy 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 to be.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everything I know, I know because of love.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy God is the same everywhere.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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Emily BronteEmily Bronte The fire and excitement may be gone now that we don’t go out there and sing them anymore, but the ring of fire still burns around you and I, keeping our love hotter than a pepper sprout.
Johnny CashJohnny Cash Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Harper LeeHarper Lee I love working out to Michael Jackson.
Wim HofWim Hof Life is the question and life is the answer, and God is the reason and love is the way.
Johnny CashJohnny Cash A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Jesus ChristJesus Christ Life and love go on, let the music play.
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