What should I read from Tolstoy?

The 10 Books By Leo Tolstoy You Have To Read

• Anna Karenina (1887)
• War and Peace (1869)
• The Kreutzer Sonata (1889)
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886)
• Sevastopol Sketches (1855)
• Resurrection (1899)
• The Cossacks (1863)
• A Confession (1882)

What Tolstoy is best known for?

Tolstoy is best known for his two longest works, War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77), which are commonly regarded as among the finest novels ever written. War and Peace in particular seems virtually to define this form for many readers and critics.

What did Tolstoy say?

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” “If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.”

Where is love there is God?

“Where Love Is, God Is” (sometimes also translated as “Where Love Is, There God Is Also” or “Martin the Cobbler”) is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. The title references the Catholic hymn Ubi Caritas.

What does Tolstoy say about love?

To love means in general to do good. It is thus that we all understand love, and we do not know how to comprehend it in any other way. Thus, when I love my child, my wife, my country, I mean that I desire the welfare of my child, wife, and country more than that of other children, women, and countries.

What is the best book by Leo Tolstoy that you have read?

“A Confession”. Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1882. If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life. Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

What does Leo Tolstoy say about patience?

“Leo Tolstoy: Spiritual Writings” Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

What is the meaning of life according to Tolstoy?

Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life. Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person. There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. Leo Tolstoy (2011). “War and Peace: Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky”, p.1071, Vintage

What is Leo Tolstoy’s book a confession?

“A Confession”. Book by Leo Tolstoy, 1882. If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life. Leo Tolstoy (2010).