Leo Tolstoy

Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it. – Vronksy (Anna Karenina)

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.

If you can’t hurt with me, don’t flirt with me.

I don’t feel that no big stone should be put over my head, saying he did this, he did that. Unless there’s something that I really did do. I believe I’m just ordinary. And I’d like for people to think of me that way, as just a guy that tried. Wanted to be loved by other people because he loved people.

True love does not leave you a choice.

The best thing that’s ever happened to me is still happening.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

It’s amazing what passes for love these days – crows parading as blue jays.

All we do is drive. All we do is think about the feelings that we hide.

To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.

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. -Dolly (Anna Karenina)

Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don’t like.

What’s the difference?’ I asked him, ‘Between the love of your life and your soulmate?’ ‘One is a choice, and one is not.’

Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand. (Anna Karenina)

My wish for us all is to love and adore ourselves just as much as we do everyone else!