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November 21, 2007 02:30 PM EST --   Thanksgiving may be a time to express gratitude and love...but getting together with friends and relatives at holiday times is not always easy. There may be hidden issues and agendas and feelings . . . more
November 04, 2008 03:25 PM EST -- I peeked into Tolstoy's collection of thoughts and quotes to see what he had for today's date. It turned out that the wisdom for today was quite appropriate for voting day, or even election year...... . . . more
November 17, 2007 12:26 AM EST --   We suffer from the past, and we spoil our future because we neglect the present.   The best the future can offer is dreams. There is only one thing which really exists: the present. . . . more
November 29, 2007 10:11 PM EST -- When a humble person forgets himself, he is united with God. People who try to force circumstances become their slaves. Those who use them become their masters. --The Talmud There is nothing in . . . more
November 19, 2007 02:26 PM EST --   A material evil done by a person does not return to the evildoer, bu the evil feeling which was created by the sinful deed will fester in his soul and sooner or later makes him suffer. If . . . more
November 12, 2007 02:26 AM EST --   Moral perfection is the impossible goal, but moving to it is the law of human life.  Some people say, "Man is selfish, greedy, and dissipated, and cannot be kind to other people." . . . more
December 02, 2007 11:58 PM EST -- Art is the activity whereby a person makes a conscious attempt to use the particular means at his disposal to transmit his feelings to others so that they feel them as intensely as he does. In a true . . . more
November 26, 2007 05:07 PM EST --   Just as  one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candle, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. Beware of those who want . . . more
Tolstoy's Lost Masterpiece
by Alison H.
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November 07, 2007 07:20 PM EST -- You may have heard of, read, or seen the movies of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but are you familiar with the last major work of the famous Russian novelist, which he considered to be his . . . more
November 09, 2007 01:51 PM EST --   We hear a lot about the importance of self-esteem these days, but can one have too much of it? Here Tolstoy shares his and others' thoughts on pride. What is your take?   . . . more
December 11, 2007 02:14 AM EST -- ( This introduction is a re-post from November 7th)   You may have heard of, read, or seen the movies of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but are you familiar with the last major . . . more
November 21, 2007 02:14 AM EST --   There is no deed in this life so impossible that you cannot do it. Your whole life should be lived as an heroic deed.  Every time you wake up and ask yourself, "What good things . . . more
November 27, 2007 12:04 AM EST --   If a passion embraces you, you should remember that this passionate desire is not a part of your soul, but a dark covering which shuts out the true qualities of your soul. You should be a . . . more
December 14, 2007 02:02 PM EST -- Kindness defeats everything and can never be defeated. You can stand firm in a fight against everything except kindness. --J ean Jacques Rousseau It is not the blaming of evil but the glorifying . . . more
 
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