Leo Tolstoy: Quotes about love
Leo Tolstoy was Russian writer. Explore interesting quotes on love.“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.”
Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina
Pt. VIII, ch. 13
Source: Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)
Context: 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 by reason, because it is unreasonable.
Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace
Book IV, ch. 11
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
“He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.”
Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina
Source: Anna Karenina
“Everything I know, I know because of love.”
Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace
Thoughts of Prince Andrew Bk XII, Ch. 16
Variant: All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Source: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
Context: Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
“Energy rests upon love; and come as it will, there's no forcing it.”
Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina
Source: Anna Karenina
“There are as many kinds of love, as there are hearts”
Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina
Source: Anna Karenina
“Then we should find some artificial inoculation against love, as with smallpox.”
Leo Tolstoy book Anna Karenina
Source: Anna Karenina