A Calendar of Wisdom: New Translation (Alma Classics)

Overeating is not considered a sin only because it does not noticeably harm other people. But some sins have a negative effect on how people see their own worth. One such sin is overeating. Tolstoy

Keep your heart clear of other people’s worries, and do not meddle in things that do not concern you. Try rather to concentrate on improving yourself and on making progress along the path towards perfection. From Pious Thoughts

How should one take revenge on one’s enemy? By trying to do as much good towards him as possible. Epictetus, Discourses

The earth, like the air and the sun, belongs to every one of us, and cannot be seen as private property. Tolstoy

In any controversy, the instant we feel angry, we have already ceased striving for Truth, and begun striving for ourselves. Carlyle, ‘Voltaire’

When you wonder what will happen to your soul after death, it is impossible not to think about what it was doing before you were born. If you are going somewhere, that must mean you have come from somewhere. It is the same with life: if you have come into this life, then you must have come from somewhere. If your life is going to continue after you

The most important change that takes place in the life of a nation is the change in the way that people believe. Tolstoy

Nowhere is the cruelty of rich people so evident as in their attempts to give alms. Tolstoy

A person may be aware of himself as a physical and a spiritual being. In his awareness of himself as a physical being he cannot be free. Yet for a spiritual being there can be no question of a lack of freedom. Tolstoy