A Calendar of Wisdom

by Leo Tolstoy


13th August

To be wise, you must follow your intellect, even though such a way of life is often attacked.

The heavens do not approve when we sin, and the earth does not approve when we are virtuous.

— The Talmud

Do not be interested in the quantity of people who respect and admire you, but in their quality. If bad people dislike you, so much the better.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Human intellect is a divine lamp, and its light penetrates to the depth of things.

— Eastern Wisdom

You should not be upset by the sight of wisdom being criticized. Wisdom would not be real wisdom if it did not reveal the stupidity of a bad life, and people would not be people if they endured this revelation without criticism.


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