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Leo Tolstoy

Quote of Leo Tolstoy - All, everything that I understand, I...


Biography - Leo Tolstoy:

Russian writer.
Born: 1828 - Died: 1910
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Russian Federation
Russian Federation

All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.



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Quotes for: love


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Quotes about love:


Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.





Love, love, all the rest is nothing.





We have need of morality only for want of love.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.











Quotes for: to understand


Quotes

Quotes for: to understand


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.





Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.











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Leo Tolstoy also said...


All the diversity, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





Human wisdom consists in a knowledge of the order in which it is profitable to know things;





There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.





Truth must gain ground without violence.





If you want to be happy, be.












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