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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world.

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Famous Leo Tolstoy Quotes

“Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.”

Love Mean Dies Love Is Source Return Eternal Inspirational Love Particles Heart Love God Is Love Christian Love Hearts And Love I Love God Eyes And Love

Book:War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman

Source: War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman

“Where there is love, there is God also.”

Love Inspirational Love Amazing Love

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.”

Love Beauty Love You Wisest

Book:War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

“He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by himself and he could only love beautiful mysterious exceptional women.”

Men Love Believe Beautiful Love Is Heard Love You Ordinary Mysterious Judged Exceptional Only Love Ordinary Man

Book:ANNA KARENINA

Source: ANNA KARENINA

“And the angel said - "I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love".”

Men Love Said Care Angel Every Man I Have Learned

Book:The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï

Source: The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï

“Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars”

Love War States Christian Love Is Christianity Violence Humility Punishment Doctrine Haughtiness

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the contrary he needs the absence of the highest and best human attributes - love, poetry, tenderness, and philosophic inquiring doubt. He should be limited, firmly convinced that what he is doing is very important (otherwise he will not have sufficient patience), and only then will he be a brave leader. God forbid that he should be humane, should love, or pity, or think of what is just and unjust.”

“The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.”

Love Has Beens Soul Beautiful Hero Tales My Soul

Book:Collected Shorter Fiction, vol. 1

Source: Collected Shorter Fiction, vol. 1

“It is this law of love and its recognition as a rule of conduct in all our relations with friends, enemies and offenders which must inevitably bring about the complete transformation of the existing order of things, not only among Christian nations, but among all the peoples of the globe”

Love Christian Law Order Nations Enemy Relation Transformation Recognition Globes Offenders Christian Nation Friend Enemy

Book:The law of love and the law of violence

Source: The law of love and the law of violence

“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 live.”

Love Persons Long Life Is Burning Candle Live Love

Book:The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

Source: The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Short Stories

“Human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one's enemies we need divine love.”

Love Needs Humans Enemy Divine Dear Divine Love Human Love

Book:War and Peace

Source: War and Peace

“... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.”

Love Age Self Love Oneself Great Things Always Be Happy

Book:ANNA KARENINA – Two Unabridged Translations in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): The Greatest Romantic Tragedy of All Times from the Renowned Author of War and Peace & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including Biographies of the Author)

Source: ANNA KARENINA – Two Unabridged Translations in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series): The Greatest Romantic Tragedy of All Times from the Renowned Author of War and Peace & The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Including Biographies of the Author)

“Commit no act that is contrary to love.”

Love Contrary Commit

Author:Leo Tolstoy