Sublime

The purpose of a human life is to bring the irrational beginning of our life to a rational beginning. In order to succeed in this, two things are important: (1) to see all irrational, unwise things in life and direct your attention to them and study them; (2) to understand the possibility of a rational, wise life. The major purpose of all teachers

Tolstoï, Léon. La Sonate à Kreutzer, Paris : Folio, 1974.

If God treats all people as equal, making no distinction between the good and the bad (and he knows people’s hearts), how can we, not knowing what is going on inside people’s hearts, decide about them from their appearance alone – and on this basis love some but dislike others? Tolstoy

Every day, from 1905 to 1910, he read thoughts presented in the book for the corresponding day of the year, and he recommended the same habit to all his friends. On May 16, 1908, he wrote to a man named Gusev: “I cannot understand how some people can live without communicating with the wisest people who ever lived on Earth? … I feel very happy ever

It is better to know a little about the rules of living than to learn all kinds of useless scientific subjects. Knowledge of useless scientific subjects will only subject you to the temptation of pride and will prevent you from understanding the necessary rules of living. Tolstoy

Love is real only when a person can sacrifice himself for another person. Only when a person forgets himself for the sake of another, and lives for another creature, only this kind of love can be called true love, and only in this love do we see the blessing and reward of life. This is the foundation of the world.

The whole of Christ’s teaching is to be found in his last commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you, and therefore everybody will know that, if you love one another, you are my disciples.” He does not say “if you have faith in this or that”, but “if you love”. Faith changes with people’s opinions and knowledge; it is associated with time a