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title: "Best Love Words by Leo Tolstoy"
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> [I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-wanted-movement-and-not-a-calm-course-of-existence-i-wanted/)

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> [The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-true-meaning-of-christ-s-teaching-consists-in-the-recognition-of/)

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> [And the angel said - "I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love"...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/and-the-angel-said-i-have-learned-that-every-man-lives-not-through/)

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> [... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/in-marriage-the-great-thing-was-love-and-that-with-love-one-would/)

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> [They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/they-ve-got-no-idea-what-happiness-is-they-don-t-know-that-without/)

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> [He remembered his mother's love for him, and his family's, and his friends', and the enemy's intention to kill him seemed impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-remembered-his-mother-s-love-for-him-and-his-family-s-and-his/)

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> [“Improve your kindness by exercising your intellect, and improve your intellect by exercising your kindness and love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/improve-your-kindness-by-exercising-your-intellect-and-improve-your/)

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> [“Then she thought of how life could still be happy, and how tormentingly she loved and hated him, and how terribly her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/then-she-thought-of-how-life-could-still-be-happy-and-how/)

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> [“In the love between a man and a woman there always comes a moment when this love has reached its zenith—a moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/in-the-love-between-a-man-and-a-woman-there-always-comes-a-moment/)

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> [“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-wanted-movement-and-not-a-calm-course-of-existence-i-wanted-4/)

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> [I have now understood that though it seems to men that they live by care for themselves, in truth it is love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-have-now-understood-that-though-it-seems-to-men-that-they-live-by-2/)

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> [Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/love-is-life-all-everything-that-i-understand-i-understand-only/)

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> [The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-hero-of-my-tale-whom-i-love-with-all-the-power-of-my-soul-whom-i/)

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> [Nowhere nor in anything, except in the assertion of the Church, can we find that God or Christ founded anything like what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/nowhere-nor-in-anything-except-in-the-assertion-of-the-church-can-we/)

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> [“Love hinders death. Love is life. Anything at all that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is - everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/love-hinders-death-love-is-life-anything-at-all-that-i-understand-i/)

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> [“I must ask what it is you want of me?" "What can I want? All I can want is that you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-must-ask-what-it-is-you-want-of-me-what-can-i-want-all-i-can-want/)

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> [“But one thing I beg of you, look on me as your friend; and if you want some help, advice, or simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/but-one-thing-i-beg-of-you-look-on-me-as-your-friend-and-if-you-want/)

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> [People continued regardless of all that leads man forward to try to unite the incompatibles:;: the virtue of love, and what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/people-continued-regardless-of-all-that-leads-man-forward-to-try-to/)

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> [In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/in-spite-of-death-he-felt-the-need-of-life-and-love-he-felt-that-love/)

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> [“You can't understand it; for you men, who are free and make your own choice, it's always clear whom you love. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/you-can-t-understand-it-for-you-men-who-are-free-and-make-your-own/)

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> [“As soon as she had gone out, swift, swift light steps sounded on the parquet, and his bliss, his life, himself -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/as-soon-as-she-had-gone-out-swift-swift-light-steps-sounded-on-the/)

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> [“Sympathy, love for one's brothers, for those who love us, love for those who hate us, love for our enemies, yes, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/sympathy-love-for-one-s-brothers-for-those-who-love-us-love-for-those/)

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> [“And what is justice? The princess thought of that proud word 'justice'. All the complex laws of man centered for her in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/and-what-is-justice-the-princess-thought-of-that-proud-word-justice/)

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> [“He felt what a murderer must feel, when he sees the body he has robbed of life. That body, robbed by him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-felt-what-a-murderer-must-feel-when-he-sees-the-body-he-has-robbed/)

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> [He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-felt-now-that-he-was-not-simply-close-to-her-but-that-he-did-not/)

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> [“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-ve-always-loved-you-and-when-you-love-someone-you-love-the-whole/)

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> [“He wanted and needed their love, but felt none towards them. He now had neither love nor humility nor purity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-wanted-and-needed-their-love-but-felt-none-towards-them-he-now-had/)

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> [“I'm not living, I'm waiting for a solution that goes on and on being put off.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-m-not-living-i-m-waiting-for-a-solution-that-goes-on-and-on-being/)

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> [If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/if-so-many-men-so-many-minds-certainly-so-many-hearts-so-many-kinds/)

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> [And all these people lived not by reason of any care they had for themselves, but by the love for them that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/and-all-these-people-lived-not-by-reason-of-any-care-they-had-for/)

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> [“As Sterne says: ‘We don’t love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/as-sterne-says-we-don-t-love-people-so-much-for-the-good-they-have/)

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> [“Some one dear to one can be loved with human love; but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/some-one-dear-to-one-can-be-loved-with-human-love-but-an-enemy-can/)

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> [I think that in order to know love one must make a mistake and then correct it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-think-that-in-order-to-know-love-one-must-make-a-mistake-and-then/)

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> [Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/love-the-reason-i-dislike-that-word-is-that-it-means-too-much-for-me/)

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> [Loving the same man or woman all your life, why, that's like supposing the same candle could last you all your life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/loving-the-same-man-or-woman-all-your-life-why-that-s-like-supposing/)

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> [“He was not thinking that the Christian law which he had wanted to follow all his life prescribed that he forgive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-was-not-thinking-that-the-christian-law-which-he-had-wanted-to/)

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> [“I don't think anything," she said, "but I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-don-t-think-anything-she-said-but-i-always-loved-you-and-if-one/)

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> [The improvement of life was only accomplished to the extent to which it was based on a change of consciousness, that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-improvement-of-life-was-only-accomplished-to-the-extent-to-which/)

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> [“what time can be more beautiful than the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/what-time-can-be-more-beautiful-than-the-one-in-which-the-finest/)

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> [“Like the majority of irreproachably virtuous women, wearying often of the monotony of a virtuous life, Dolly from a distance excused illicit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/like-the-majority-of-irreproachably-virtuous-women-wearying-often-of/)

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## More by Leo Tolstoy

> [These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/these-joys-were-so-trifling-as-to-be-as-imperceptible-as-grains-of/)

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> [The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-only-significance-of-life-consists-in-helping-to-establish-the/)

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> [“I already love in you your beauty, but I am only beginning to love in you that which is eternal and ever precious –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-already-love-in-you-your-beauty-but-i-am-only-beginning-to-love-in/)

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> [Energy rests upon love; and come as it will, there's no forcing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/energy-rests-upon-love-and-come-as-it-will-there-s-no-forcing-it/)

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> [“If you only knew what those society women are, and women in general! My father is right. Selfish, vain, stupid, trivial in everything—that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/if-you-only-knew-what-those-society-women-are-and-women-in-general-my/)

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> [To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/to-evoke-in-oneself-a-feeling-one-has-once-experienced-and-having/)

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> [To speak of it would be giving importance to that which has none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/to-speak-of-it-would-be-giving-importance-to-that-which-has-none/)

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> [Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/once-we-re-thrown-off-our-habitual-paths-we-think-all-is-lost-but-it/)

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> [“He knew she was there by the rapture and the terror that seized on his heart. She was standing talking to a lady at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-knew-she-was-there-by-the-rapture-and-the-terror-that-seized-on/)

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> [Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/rest-nature-books-music-such-is-my-idea-of-happiness/)

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> [“He was not to blame for being born with an irrepressible charachter and a mind some how constrained.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/he-was-not-to-blame-for-being-born-with-an-irrepressible-charachter/)

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> [I ask one thing only: I ask for the right to hope, to suffer as I do. But if even that cannot be, command…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/i-ask-one-thing-only-i-ask-for-the-right-to-hope-to-suffer-as-i-do/)

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> [The idea shared by many that life is a vale of tears is just as false as the idea shared by the great majority,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-idea-shared-by-many-that-life-is-a-vale-of-tears-is-just-as-false/)

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> [To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/to-say-that-a-work-of-art-is-good-but-incomprehensible-to-the/)

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> [True life is lived when tiny changes occur.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/true-life-is-lived-when-tiny-changes-occur/)

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