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“Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave.”

Quote by Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

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“If we would only testify to the truth as we see it, it would turn out that there are hundreds, thousands, even millions of other people just as we are, who see the truth as we do...and are only waiting, again as we are, for someone to proclaim it. The Kingdom of God is within you.”

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Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.”

Action Mystery Our Actions Accord New Knowledge

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“Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relation to the universe--he has no other--and that instrument is reason.”

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Book:I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy

Source: I Cannot be Silent: Writings on Politics, Art and Religion by Leo Tolstoy

“Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.”

Men Needs Earth Christ Teaching Peace On Earth

Book:A Confession: And, What I Believe

Source: A Confession: And, What I Believe

“Regard the society of women as a necessary unpleasantness of social life, and avoid it as much as possible.”

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Book:Tolstoy's Diaries

Source: Tolstoy's Diaries

“Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare.”

Humans Work Conditions Source Inevitable Human Life Welfare

Book:My Religion

Source: My Religion

“The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality.”

Men Firsts Morality Ethics Bases Every Man Recognition Sanctity

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Through the influence of real art, aided by science, guided by religion... peaceful co-operation of man is now obtained by external means - by law courts, police, charitable institutions, factory inspections... It should be obtained by man's free and joyous activity.”

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Author:Leo Tolstoy

“In spite the mountains of books written about art, no precise definition of art has been constructed. And the reason for this is that the conception of art has been based on the conception of beauty.”

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“In our age the common religious perception of men is the consciousness of the brotherhood of man - we know that the well-being of man lies in the union with his fellow men. True science should indicate the various methods of applying this consciousness to life. Art should transform this perception into feeling.”

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Book:What is Art?:

Source: What is Art?: