Wisdom Almanac: Wisdom Proverbs Nourishing Life and Soul

Author: (Russian) Tolstoy
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Publishing Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The Wisdom Almanac is a significant work created by Tolstoy in his later years, into which he poured a great deal of effort. After the book was published, Tolstoy revised the manuscript three times, resulting in three successive editions. The process of collecting these thoughts took more than 15 years. When he finally submitted the book to the publisher, he wrote in his diary: "While compiling thoughts for my 'reading cycle,' reading books allowed me to communicate with outstanding and wise individuals, and I felt that I was also elevated to great spiritual and moral heights." By organizing the intellectual property created by writers from different eras around the world, Tolstoy hoped to share the rational wisdom of humanity with as broad an audience as possible, inspiring people's thoughts and sentiments, teaching them how to face themselves peacefully, and allowing thoughts to bring people inner strength, tranquility, and joy. Wisdom proverbs that nourish the soul of life, discovering the essence of life in the wisdom of the sages. The 15-year crystallization of effort by the great Russian literary master Tolstoy, a life almanac that gathers thousands of years of human wisdom into one book. In Tolstoy's view, people can only free themselves from hardship and discover the value of life by living according to rational beliefs, leading a life filled with kindness, peace, satisfaction, and joy. Communicating with great thinkers can give one great inner strength, tranquility, and joy. This book talks to people about life and the good deeds of life, telling us the most important things in human nature, and revealing the meaning and virtue of life. —Leo Tolstoy (Tolstoy), the conscience of the world in the 19th century, the most sincere person in the world. As a writer, he seriously explored life, pursued truth, and constantly struggled against his various desires. —Ba Jin
The Wisdom Almanac is a significant work created by Tolstoy in his later years, into which he poured a great deal of effort. After the book was published, Tolstoy revised the manuscript three times, resulting in three successive editions. The process of collecting these thoughts took more than 15 years. When he finally submitted the book to the publisher, he wrote in his diary: "While compiling thoughts for my 'reading cycle,' reading books allowed me to communicate with outstanding and wise individuals, and I felt that I was also elevated to great spiritual and moral heights." By organizing the intellectual property created by writers from different eras around the world, Tolstoy hoped to share the rational wisdom of humanity with as broad an audience as possible, inspiring people's thoughts and sentiments, teaching them how to face themselves peacefully, and allowing thoughts to bring people inner strength, tranquility, and joy.