Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910

Wise thoughts for every day : on God, love, spirit, and living a good life On God, love, the human spirit, and living a good life Leo Tolstoy ; selected and translated from the Russian by Peter Sekirin - New York : Arcade Pub., c2011. - xviii, 366 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.

A devotional calendar providing wise thoughts for every day.

During the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy kept one book invariably on his desk, read and reread it to his family, and recommended it to all his friends: a compendium of wise thoughts gathered over the course of a decade from his wide-ranging readings in philosophy and religion, and from his own spiritual meditations. It was banned under the Communists, and only one volume, A Calendar of Wisdom, drawn largely from the writings of other famous thinkers, has been published before in English. Wise Thoughts For Every Day is the volume comprising Tolstoy's own mo

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