I knew not the light, and I thought there was no sure truth in life; but when I perceived that only light enables men to live, I sought to find the sources of the light… And when I reached this source of light I was dazzled with the splendour, and I found there full answers to my questions as to […]
As a man in his sleep doubts the reality of his nightmares and yearns to awaken and return to real life, so the average man of our day cannot, in the depths of his heart, believe the terrible condition in which he finds himself — and which is growing worse and worse — to be a reality. He yearns to […]
This power demands of us what alone is certain and rational and possible… which is possible only in the truth, and, therefore, in the recognition of the truth revealed to us, and the profession of that truth. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
All the ills of mankind appear, according to Lao Tzu, not from man’s neglect of the necessary, but because he does what is unnecessary. If men would practice what Lao Tzu calls non-action, they would be free not only of their personal difficulties, but also of those residing in every form of government. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
The principles of this authentic religion are entirely natural to man, so that the instant they are communicated to him they are received as ideas long familiar and self-evident… These principles are quite simple, understandable, and few in number. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Man’s life begins only with the appearance of rational consciousness. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
A horse which is harnessed to a wagon along with other horses is not free… The same situation is true of man. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
But maybe I have overlooked something, or misunderstood certain ideas. It cannot be possible that this condition of despair is natural to man. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Whoever you are, who read these lines, think about your position and your duties, not upon your position as landowner, merchant, judge, emperor, president, clergyman, priest, or soldier, which temporarily call you, nor of the imaginary duties which these positions impose upon you, but think about your real and eternal condition as a human being. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
In fearing to make an effort to escape from conditions that are fatal to us, because the future is obscure and unknown, we are like passengers on a sinking ship, who crowd into the cabin and refuse to leave it, because they have not the courage to enter the boat that would carry them to shore. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – […]
