Sublime

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

You should love only one thing in yourself, that which is the same in all of us.

Gluttony is the most common vice. We take so little notice of it only because practically everyone indulges in it. Tolstoy

You have to respect every person, no matter how miserable or ridiculous he or she may be. You should remember that in every person lives the same spirit which lives in us.

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“I know that it gives one great inner force, calmness, and happiness to communicate with such great thinkers as Socrates, Epictetus, Arnold, Parker…. They tell us about what is most important for humanity, about the meaning of life and about virtue…. I would like to create a book … in which I could tell a person about his life, and about the Good W

Improve your own soul, and be confident that only in so doing can you contribute to the improvement of the larger society of which you are part.

A rich man has a house of fifteen rooms for three people, but he is unable to welcome a beggar into his house to warm himself and spend the night. A peasant has a tiny hut with a single room for seven people, but he willingly welcomes a stranger into his hut. Tolstoy

He had said the very thing that her soul desired but that her reason feared.