Pierre Bezukhov

Character in War and Peace From: War and Peace

Illegitimate son seeking meaning and spiritual redemption

425 quotes

"To love life is to love God."
Faith
"A man can endure anything if he knows that his suffering has a meaning."
Perseverance
"Life is the movement itself, not the goal nor the end."
Life
"Humility is the greatest strength."
Strength
"The future is uncertain; therefore, we must live as if every moment were our last."
Time
"Life teaches us that the greatest gifts are often disguised as hardships."
Wisdom
"Man in the abstract is free, but in reality he is not free"
Philosophy
"A man is always happy so long as he chooses to be"
Happiness
"Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God"
Faith
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love"
Love
"And suddenly the question presented itself whether it was right or wrong"
"To live is to experience loss and to find meaning in that loss"
Wisdom
"To ask oneself is the beginning of wisdom"
Wisdom
"Everything comes in time to him who waits."
Patience
"How can the spirit of a man be at peace if he knows he has done wrong?"
Peace
"When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as they are, not as you would like them to be."
Love
"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Kindness
"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, though the results are much the same."
Wisdom
"Men are not evil, they are simply asleep."
Wisdom
"The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."
Knowledge
"A person is happy when they find harmony between what they are and what they do."
Happiness
"To change one's life, one must change one's thinking."
Change
"We are the makers of our own fortune"
Success
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love"
Love
"Forget thyself and thou wilt be forgiven"
Faith
"Life is too short to bear grudges."
"Man can endure anything when he knows it must be endured"
Courage
"Life is everything. Life is God"
Faith
"The best means of dealing with the outer world is to deal with the inner world"
Wisdom
"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy"
Happiness