It’s a nice sentiment but unlike most of the quotes here I too disagree. I believe the strong should be complex to combat the manipulators. “I could be like you. I could use my intellect to deceive for my own gain. I could use my strong body to intimidate you into submission. I could use the ethos of the human heart to sway you into trust for my eventual beck. But I choose to offer my talents and alluring complexities to benefit my neighbor and work towards he ultimate goal of life. The goal of bliss and fulfillment.” -Some Y. Guy
@@comradecarl8105 What makes you think "combatting the manipulators" is what being strong means? This kind of engagement means the manipulation is already in effect, you're acknowledging its power and the looming danger it presents. Life becomes a constant struggle and you have to be on your watch 24/7. It's a complicated life of a fearful person who is scared of being corrupted. Some might say, a weak person. It's a virtuous life; a morally good life; a healthy life. But that's not the simple strength Tolstoy is talking about. You portray strength as a necessary, conscious response to evil, while this creates evil in the first place by giving it a form. Goodness becomes a mere response, evil is the origin. But a man who helps his neighbor because he simply feels like it; a man who dismisses a dogma because he simply doesn't believe in it and trusts his gut feeling; a man who doesn't use his intellect to deceive for his own gain because he simply doesn't 'want', and what he needs he takes. That is simple strength, that's neither evil nor good.
YES. Strong minded people are simple as hell. Because they don't need to look beautiful, stylish, branded things to prove their worth. ❤️ They prove it with their minds, periodt. 🙌
Or maybe they only have one simple perspective they never question which makes it easy for them to never change paths and forge ahead in their certainty that they're right? I know some people like that, strong will and dumb as a doornail. Kinda contradicts the part about the greatest knowledge is the knowledge that we know nothing for certain or whatever that quote said. Guess it depends on how he's using the word simple. Just saying.
@@yuemc5288 sure! I got rid of some materialistic things, only kept the things which I actually need rather than having a bunch of it.(eg:- clothes) Started to get out into the real world instead of virtual and realised ,it isn't as bad as we portray it to be . I started to take gratitude and reduced taking things for granted! hope it helped:D
" Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection. For his whole life, Leo Tolstoy was concerned, immensely concerned with Jesus; hence the title, Resurrection. And Leo Tolstoy has really created a tremendous work of art. It has been a bible to me. I can still see myself when I was young continuously carrying Tolstoy’s Resurrection with me. Even my father became worried. “It is okay to read a book,” he said to me one day, “but why do you go on carrying this book the whole day? You have read it.”I said, “Yes, I have read it, not only once but many times. But I am going to carry it with me.”My whole village knew about it, that I was continuously carrying a certain book called Resurrection. They all thought I was mad - and a madman can do anything. But why was I carrying Resurrection the whole day? - and not only during the day, but during the night too. The book was with me by my bed. I loved it… the way Leo Tolstoy reflects the whole message of Jesus. He succeeds far more than any of the apostles except Thomas - and about that I am going to talk just after Resurrection.The four gospels particularly included in the Bible miss the whole spirit of Jesus. Resurrection is far better. Tolstoy really loved Jesus and love is magic, particularly because when you love someone time disappears. Tolstoy loved Jesus so much that they become contemporaries. The gap is big, two thousand years, but it disappears between Tolstoy and Jesus. It rarely happens, very very rarely, that’s why I used to carry that book in my hand. I no longer carry that book in my hand, but in my heart it is still there. Another book by Leo Tolstoy. One of the greatest in all the languages of the world, War and Peace. Not only the greatest but also the most voluminous… thousands of pages. I don’t know that anybody reads such books except myself. They are so big, so vast, they make you afraid. But Tolstoy’s book has to be vast, it is not his fault. War and Peace is the whole history of human consciousness - the whole history; it cannot be written on a few pages. Yes, it is difficult to read thousands of pages, but if one can, one will be transported to another world. One will know the taste of something classic. Yes, it is a classic. Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA, a small but immensely beautiful novel. You must wonder why I should include a novel in my list. Just because I am crazy! I like all kinds of things. ANNA KARENINA is one of my most loved books. How many times I have read it I can't remember. I mean the number of times - I remember the book perfectly well, I can relate the whole book.If I was drowning in the ocean and had to choose just one novel out of all the millions of novels in the world, I would choose ANNA KARENINA. It would be beautiful to be with that beautiful book. It has to be read and read again; only then you can feel it, smell it, and taste the flavor. It is no ordinary book.Leo Tolstoy failed as a saint, just as Mahatma Gandhi failed as a saint, but Leo Tolstoy was a great novelist. Mahatma Gandhi succeeded as - and will remain forever - a pinnacle of sincerity. I don't know of any other man in this century who was so sincere. When he wrote to people 'sincerely yours' he was really sincere. When you write 'sincerely yours', you know, and everybody else knows, and the person to whom you are writing also knows, that it is all bullshit. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to really be 'sincerely yours'. That's what makes a person religious - sincerity.Leo Tolstoy wanted to be religious but could not be. He tried hard. I feel great sympathy with his effort, but he was not a religious person. He has to wait at least a few more lives. In a way it is good that he was not a religious man... otherwise we would have missed RESURRECTION, WAR AND PEACE, ANNA KARENINA, and dozens more beautiful, immensely beautiful books."
Gandhi was greatly influenced by Leo Tolstoy, through his book ‘The Kingdom of God is Within You’ and his essay on ‘Christianity and Patriotism’. Tolstoy’s ideal of “simplicity of life and purity of purpose” influenced Gandhi deeply.
@@siyabongabhongoza939 he said he liked Jesus, but didn't like Christians... Which I understand. Jesus did say many will call me Lord Lord, but he will confuse to them that he never knew them. But that's all he said about Jesus...
Interesting. So his voice is less than pleasing to your ear? One could almost say, his voice doesn't meet your standard? If it were a deep put on radio voice you'd find it more palatable? See the first quote in this video and think on it for a minute my man.
Love this... It makes so much sense thank you so much. Nothing is perfect. So very valuable. Agree 100% Thank you so much. Lies and deceit is not love at all.
MASHA ALLAH🌙 Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow 😆 Being loved deeply gives strenght, loving deeply gives courage😆
Tolstoy is my favorite author. He changed my life and his work has made me feel understood during the worst time in my life. He’s a genius and truly understood human nature and how to illustrate it with words.
Hi! same for me I've got the feeling that a lot of my "problems" are going away since I've started reading Tolstoï. Currently on War and Peace, quite a big one. Which one of his books did hit you the most ?
@@OranjeSchildpad yay! Another fan! I’m actually learning Russian by myself at the moment bc I want to be able to read or listen in the native language! My absolute favorite is the Death of Ivan Iliyich. I read it in college and found it to be outstandingly profound and, though pessimistic, an accurate portrayal of human nature when one person is suffering and what your “value” really is here. I read it again after being diagnosed with cancer a year later and it hit me in a whole new way. I have never related to a fictional character more than Ivan. When he described the pain and loneliness of dying and the neglect and lack of sympathy from even family, I too had a horrid, lonely experience with it, it moved me because I felt understood (22 with cancer is hard to feel understood bc everyone around you with it has 30-40 years that you didn’t get!) I wanted that sympathy he begged for. To be cared for. But it never came and I realized that if I serve no tangible purpose people don’t care and I’m a burden (I know it’s pessimistic! But it helped me to not succumb to the depression and love life the way I feel I should to be happy for me). Read it afterwards after some other events in my life and helped erase any fear of death that lingered with me and to lower my expectations of people to not get hurt. My dad is a huge fan, too, so we discuss it at length! It’s so beautiful to me and real. I joke that people always want to see representation of themselves in things, but it’s superficial. I don’t care about what they look like - can I relate to their experiences? the character I identify the most with is a 50 something year old russian man from the 19th century 😂 but it’s true! That book validates me and makes me feel understood! (So sorry for the long rant - I’m an English teacher and people hate reading so I get super excited if I can talk about it and end up rambling 😅😅) What about you?? Do you have a favorite? Is this your first time reading war and peace? I’m in the middle of rereading Walden by Thoreau and want to reread grapes of wrath next - then crime and punishment and war and peace!! (The Russians are great!) (Ps Thanks for commenting to me and letting me get my excitement for books out 😅haha - your turn!)
@@rubysoho423 That's nice, I am too learning Russian, I'm a still a beginner but my goal is to be able to speak easily when I will travel across Russia and the former USSR satellites. The death of Ivan Ilitch is the second Tolstoï I've read, and I found it very profound. I haven't been through health problems like you have, and I hope you are getting better with it, I wish you the best courage for that! But this book helps to understand the situation of some of my relatives who are in end of their life. And it also shows what I don't want to become as a man somehow. I've also started to read Dostoïevski, but it is a very different approach. I identify myself a little more in Tolstoï litterature. The funny thing is that I have been introduced to Tolstoï undirectly with the movie "Into the wild" and by searching on the character of Mc Candless. Before Tolstoï I read Thoreau's Walden, which I consider to be one of the most mind changing of my readings so far. I am a mechanical engineer, but I sometimes I feel that I am not in my place with what I am doing now. I agree with you, reading helps a lot to go though hard times and take recoil over things. Like we say here in France : "la lecture, c'est la nourriture de l'âme". I wish you all the best ! :)
@@OranjeSchildpad ah! I wish I could travel there! I hope to one day! And I agree with you - I like Dostoevsky, but identify with Tolstoy more. Thank you for your kind words! And I agree - ivan ilyich is a good reminder of how to live life and what to consider important. And yes! Walden has made me reconsider a lot of my life and find much more happiness in simplicity and the beauty of nature. Life changing! Its funny you mention into the wild! I taught that book to my 11th grade students and had great discussions about mccandless and his decisions. It was a fun book to teach and have kids get introspective about. One girl told me she thought of up and leaving sometimes. I told her I did a lot haha. It’s nice to talk to someone about books and philosophies for once! I don’t get to do that much! Ps. France!! Wow! Another place I’d love to (and hope to) go (my favorite painters are French)
@@guillermochavez2515 John 8:32 And you will know the truth [regarding salvation], and the truth will set you free [from the penalty of sin]. What you read in the first comment is from the King James Version of the Holy Bible, this one is from another English Version of the Scriptures the Amplified Bible which is my second favorite of the Scriptures.
@@guillermochavez2515 Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. I understand what ignorance is like Guillermo, it happened to me before as well. And it was shown in the title character of A Christmas Carol named Ebenezzer Scrooge. I will pray for you.
Strong as a young man, but as I age, I am cashing in some excess strength and replacing it with wisdom. And nothing is so enjoyable for this man as the company of intelligent women.
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." This man was calling out modern lookism before it even exploded into the absurd level it is today.
It is not "modern lookism" you muppet.. It is in our dna for eons.. even chimps, our cousins from whome we split over 2 million years ago, prefer to hang out with prettier chimps.
The Sun once shined, I know because I saw it, saw it as the earth turned beneath my feet, leaving me reflecting, alone like the moon. Now, understanding Mass and Gravity, I look back into the telescope of my heart only to be blinded. I see without sight the brightest moment my heart could view. I tell myself, sorry.
When I think of Tolstoy, I think of the character Natasha Rostova in War and Peace. Tolstoy's ideal woman. I might add, my ideal woman in classic fiction. I especially admired her selfless care of Prince Andrei. Some of her decisions are baffling, but her overall character is very alluring. She loves without pretense.
1. Strong people will never go around telling others they're strong. 2. Smart people will never tell others they're smart. See where I am going with this, yet? 😁
Here is one of my own thoughts , The word happiness is over used as it is an excellent experience that comes and goes , contentment is far better to strive for .
2. Lev Tolstoy is great,I totally relate to everything he is saying ,no matter how conceptual it is,for most of the conclusions he has reached,I also have reached,there is one and only truth which comes from the source
If you're reading this, May you lead a life full of positivity and greatness. I hope that day comes real soon where your wildest dreams come true. May your life be full of joy, strength, light, and ease. Where you finally feel that you are at peace with yourself and your surroundings. You got this. It's gonna get better real soon, Thank you so much for the video
We have to accept society for what it is. Good vs good will not sell at the box office. Society makes it difficult for women to realize that their minds are more important than their physiques. Instant liberation applies to the physique rather than the mind. Liberation of the mind is gradual.
This is so true Jesus was/is the king of the world yet he came being born into the world in a Manger surrounded by animals. At one point in time of his life he came riding on a donkey and was still being praised Hossana the word of God says God gives grace and up lifts the humble which in due time will make them so strong.The word of God talks so much of how he lifts up those who are humble basically simple.
In Gandhi's autobiography " My Experiments with Truth" he writes while he was in South Africa once he had to travel from Durban to Johannesburg in a train. That night during his travel he carried two books. One of Leo Tolstoy & other of John Ruskin. He read those two books the whole night while travelling in train. Those two books deeply influenced his thoughts so much that , the very night those two authors transformed him from Mohandaas Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi. That's why Gandhiji says powerful thoughts can transform one's individual life and the entire world as well from nothing to everything.
“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women” hopefully my family & friends are watching and they will know why am I still single or what I am looking for in a lady
There are many intelligent women out there. Perhaps you are simply a commitment-phobe and using your perceived scarcity-of-intelligent-women as an excuse.
My favorite is people are always trying to change others but seldom do they ever look at themselves. Start looking at yourself change yourself to fit in don't try to change others to fit in this is a truly incredibly genius rule for every single level of interaction you have good or bad think about it even road rage this rule applies to every single human interaction that you will have or I will have in my lifetime so stop and think about yourself and how you are responding or reacting to others reactions or how they are treating you good or bad forget about them focus on you
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
"strong people are always simple."
LMAO!! I don't know how to take that!
I disagree.
It’s a nice sentiment but unlike most of the quotes here I too disagree. I believe the strong should be complex to combat the manipulators. “I could be like you. I could use my intellect to deceive for my own gain. I could use my strong body to intimidate you into submission. I could use the ethos of the human heart to sway you into trust for my eventual beck. But I choose to offer my talents and alluring complexities to benefit my neighbor and work towards he ultimate goal of life. The goal of bliss and fulfillment.”
-Some Y. Guy
@@comradecarl8105 What makes you think "combatting the manipulators" is what being strong means? This kind of engagement means the manipulation is already in effect, you're acknowledging its power and the looming danger it presents. Life becomes a constant struggle and you have to be on your watch 24/7. It's a complicated life of a fearful person who is scared of being corrupted. Some might say, a weak person. It's a virtuous life; a morally good life; a healthy life. But that's not the simple strength Tolstoy is talking about.
You portray strength as a necessary, conscious response to evil, while this creates evil in the first place by giving it a form. Goodness becomes a mere response, evil is the origin.
But a man who helps his neighbor because he simply feels like it; a man who dismisses a dogma because he simply doesn't believe in it and trusts his gut feeling; a man who doesn't use his intellect to deceive for his own gain because he simply doesn't 'want', and what he needs he takes. That is simple strength, that's neither evil nor good.
@@tardigrade9343 exactly
YES. Strong minded people are simple as hell. Because they don't need to look beautiful, stylish, branded things to prove their worth. ❤️ They prove it with their minds, periodt. 🙌
Or maybe they only have one simple perspective they never question which makes it easy for them to never change paths and forge ahead in their certainty that they're right? I know some people like that, strong will and dumb as a doornail. Kinda contradicts the part about the greatest knowledge is the knowledge that we know nothing for certain or whatever that quote said. Guess it depends on how he's using the word simple. Just saying.
You can be strong and beautiful/stylish at the same time. Strong ppl don’t feel the need to compare
Great man, amazing author. God bless his beautiful soul.
patience is waiting. not passively waiting, that's laziness. but to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience ❤️❤️❤️
Except that isn't this better described as perseverance?
"Strong people are always simple." But, this doesn't mean all simple people are strong.
But that also means that people who are not simple are not strong at all.
But what about Shaft? "He's a complicated man."
Don't agree with that one.
@@constantgardener3285 yes, im known to be excellent but complex : noone understands my excellence...
Everything is not for every one
Those who suffer depression love the strongest. His quote referencing that is my fav and hits on a personal level
??? 🌍
Same
Soo true
Me too
you think you are loving ? you know nothing
Tolstoy influenced my daily lives so much. I started to live a minimalistic life and it has made me much happier than before!
I feel the same.
Most of what he's saying is in the Bible
@@Lana-ro6cb most of what the bible said can be found in earlier scriptures
Can you elaborate in the changes you observed? I'm curious
@@yuemc5288 sure! I got rid of some materialistic things, only kept the things which I actually need rather than having a bunch of it.(eg:- clothes) Started to get out into the real world instead of virtual and realised ,it isn't as bad as we portray it to be . I started to take gratitude and reduced taking things for granted! hope it helped:D
"Strong people are always Simple"
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
I like that one.
Keep it simple stupid, has new meaning now🚩✅💲
Numb
Our ability to see the consequences of certain evil and harmful acts, which do not benefit humanity, is often crucial to our survival.
Don't love the love that never love your love, but love the love that love your love.
" Leo Tolstoy’s Resurrection. For his whole life, Leo Tolstoy was concerned, immensely concerned with Jesus; hence the title, Resurrection. And Leo Tolstoy has really created a tremendous work of art. It has been a bible to me. I can still see myself when I was young continuously carrying Tolstoy’s Resurrection with me. Even my father became worried. “It is okay to read a book,” he said to me one day, “but why do you go on carrying this book the whole day? You have read it.”I said, “Yes, I have read it, not only once but many times. But I am going to carry it with me.”My whole village knew about it, that I was continuously carrying a certain book called Resurrection. They all thought I was mad - and a madman can do anything. But why was I carrying Resurrection the whole day? - and not only during the day, but during the night too. The book was with me by my bed. I loved it… the way Leo Tolstoy reflects the whole message of Jesus. He succeeds far more than any of the apostles except Thomas - and about that I am going to talk just after Resurrection.The four gospels particularly included in the Bible miss the whole spirit of Jesus. Resurrection is far better. Tolstoy really loved Jesus and love is magic, particularly because when you love someone time disappears. Tolstoy loved Jesus so much that they become contemporaries. The gap is big, two thousand years, but it disappears between Tolstoy and Jesus. It rarely happens, very very rarely, that’s why I used to carry that book in my hand. I no longer carry that book in my hand, but in my heart it is still there.
Another book by Leo Tolstoy. One of the greatest in all the languages of the world, War and Peace. Not only the greatest but also the most voluminous… thousands of pages. I don’t know that anybody reads such books except myself. They are so big, so vast, they make you afraid. But Tolstoy’s book has to be vast, it is not his fault. War and Peace is the whole history of human consciousness - the whole history; it cannot be written on a few pages. Yes, it is difficult to read thousands of pages, but if one can, one will be transported to another world. One will know the taste of something classic. Yes, it is a classic.
Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA, a small but immensely beautiful novel. You must wonder why I should include a novel in my list. Just because I am crazy! I like all kinds of things. ANNA KARENINA is one of my most loved books. How many times I have read it I can't remember. I mean the number of times - I remember the book perfectly well, I can relate the whole book.If I was drowning in the ocean and had to choose just one novel out of all the millions of novels in the world, I would choose ANNA KARENINA. It would be beautiful to be with that beautiful book. It has to be read and read again; only then you can feel it, smell it, and taste the flavor. It is no ordinary book.Leo Tolstoy failed as a saint, just as Mahatma Gandhi failed as a saint, but Leo Tolstoy was a great novelist. Mahatma Gandhi succeeded as - and will remain forever - a pinnacle of sincerity. I don't know of any other man in this century who was so sincere. When he wrote to people 'sincerely yours' he was really sincere. When you write 'sincerely yours', you know, and everybody else knows, and the person to whom you are writing also knows, that it is all bullshit. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to really be 'sincerely yours'. That's what makes a person religious - sincerity.Leo Tolstoy wanted to be religious but could not be. He tried hard. I feel great sympathy with his effort, but he was not a religious person. He has to wait at least a few more lives. In a way it is good that he was not a religious man... otherwise we would have missed RESURRECTION, WAR AND PEACE, ANNA KARENINA, and dozens more beautiful, immensely beautiful books."
a very accurate remark, besides, the most sinful person passes through the eye of a needle much more easily
“strong men also cry”
~J. Lebowski
Never heard of him until now - thanks for this blessing!
Then you know nothing.
@@ghafoorghaznawi19 I never will.
@Roman Athlete Thanks for the kind words! I wish you the best in life! 👌
You’re kidding, right?
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness," I wish I knew this one when I was going through hell with my ex-girlfriend.
Me too brother
The ugly ones are evil too.
I hope you're in a better place now, and if you know it now that means you found the right path and you won!
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It’s all a life lesson. Once you’ve learned what it is, you can forgive.
Gandhi was greatly influenced by Leo Tolstoy, through his book ‘The Kingdom of God is Within You’ and his essay on ‘Christianity and Patriotism’. Tolstoy’s ideal of “simplicity of life and purity of purpose” influenced Gandhi deeply.
TRUE🥰
I guess that's why Gandhi never fully came to the Truth... Sad...
Gandhi let died the FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF INDIA,,,he was not good person
@@robertputt7794 you mean he never accepted the Lord Jesus Christ ?
@@siyabongabhongoza939 he said he liked Jesus, but didn't like Christians... Which I understand. Jesus did say many will call me Lord Lord, but he will confuse to them that he never knew them. But that's all he said about Jesus...
LeoTolstoy~ a GREAT man ,TRUE WISDOM .🥰
“Tis a gift to be simple,
Tis a gift to be free,
Tis a gift to come down where you aught to be.”
LOVE THE SHAKERS!!!
Couldn't have a more unfitting voice quoting one of the greatest philosophers in history
Most of what he saying are in the Bible
It's not the messenger that you listen to it's the message.
Interesting. So his voice is less than pleasing to your ear? One could almost say, his voice doesn't meet your standard? If it were a deep put on radio voice you'd find it more palatable?
See the first quote in this video and think on it for a minute my man.
@@Lana-ro6cb yes
Sean Connery or Morgan Freeman would have been tremendous☺
Love this... It makes so much sense thank you so much. Nothing is perfect. So very valuable. Agree 100% Thank you so much. Lies and deceit is not love at all.
MASHA ALLAH🌙 Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow 😆 Being loved deeply gives strenght, loving deeply gives courage😆
Masha Allah?
He really inspiring people..there are just few people like him nowadays
Tolstoy is my favorite author. He changed my life and his work has made me feel understood during the worst time in my life. He’s a genius and truly understood human nature and how to illustrate it with words.
Hi! same for me
I've got the feeling that a lot of my "problems" are going away since I've started reading Tolstoï.
Currently on War and Peace, quite a big one.
Which one of his books did hit you the most ?
@@OranjeSchildpad yay! Another fan! I’m actually learning Russian by myself at the moment bc I want to be able to read or listen in the native language! My absolute favorite is the Death of Ivan Iliyich. I read it in college and found it to be outstandingly profound and, though pessimistic, an accurate portrayal of human nature when one person is suffering and what your “value” really is here. I read it again after being diagnosed with cancer a year later and it hit me in a whole new way. I have never related to a fictional character more than Ivan. When he described the pain and loneliness of dying and the neglect and lack of sympathy from even family, I too had a horrid, lonely experience with it, it moved me because I felt understood (22 with cancer is hard to feel understood bc everyone around you with it has 30-40 years that you didn’t get!) I wanted that sympathy he begged for. To be cared for. But it never came and I realized that if I serve no tangible purpose people don’t care and I’m a burden (I know it’s pessimistic! But it helped me to not succumb to the depression and love life the way I feel I should to be happy for me). Read it afterwards after some other events in my life and helped erase any fear of death that lingered with me and to lower my expectations of people to not get hurt. My dad is a huge fan, too, so we discuss it at length! It’s so beautiful to me and real. I joke that people always want to see representation of themselves in things, but it’s superficial. I don’t care about what they look like - can I relate to their experiences? the character I identify the most with is a 50 something year old russian man from the 19th century 😂 but it’s true! That book validates me and makes me feel understood! (So sorry for the long rant - I’m an English teacher and people hate reading so I get super excited if I can talk about it and end up rambling 😅😅)
What about you?? Do you have a favorite? Is this your first time reading war and peace? I’m in the middle of rereading Walden by Thoreau and want to reread grapes of wrath next - then crime and punishment and war and peace!! (The Russians are great!)
(Ps Thanks for commenting to me and letting me get my excitement for books out 😅haha - your turn!)
@@rubysoho423 That's nice, I am too learning Russian, I'm a still a beginner but my goal is to be able to speak easily when I will travel across Russia and the former USSR satellites.
The death of Ivan Ilitch is the second Tolstoï I've read, and I found it very profound. I haven't been through health problems like you have, and I hope you are getting better with it, I wish you the best courage for that! But this book helps to understand the situation of some of my relatives who are in end of their life. And it also shows what I don't want to become as a man somehow.
I've also started to read Dostoïevski, but it is a very different approach. I identify myself a little more in Tolstoï litterature.
The funny thing is that I have been introduced to Tolstoï undirectly with the movie "Into the wild" and by searching on the character of Mc Candless. Before Tolstoï I read Thoreau's Walden, which I consider to be one of the most mind changing of my readings so far.
I am a mechanical engineer, but I sometimes I feel that I am not in my place with what I am doing now.
I agree with you, reading helps a lot to go though hard times and take recoil over things.
Like we say here in France : "la lecture, c'est la nourriture de l'âme".
I wish you all the best ! :)
@@OranjeSchildpad ah! I wish I could travel there! I hope to one day! And I agree with you - I like Dostoevsky, but identify with Tolstoy more. Thank you for your kind words! And I agree - ivan ilyich is a good reminder of how to live life and what to consider important. And yes! Walden has made me reconsider a lot of my life and find much more happiness in simplicity and the beauty of nature. Life changing! Its funny you mention into the wild! I taught that book to my 11th grade students and had great discussions about mccandless and his decisions. It was a fun book to teach and have kids get introspective about. One girl told me she thought of up and leaving sometimes. I told her I did a lot haha. It’s nice to talk to someone about books and philosophies for once! I don’t get to do that much!
Ps. France!! Wow! Another place I’d love to (and hope to) go (my favorite painters are French)
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Strong ppl r always simple
By striving for perfection we may attain the limit of our potential.
Never try to change what you fell in love with. That is like pulling the petals off a flower.
thank you respected sir.
John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
@@guillermochavez2515 The truth makes you free from sin Guillermo. That is what is meant by it.
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John 8:32 And you will know the truth [regarding salvation], and the truth will set you free [from the penalty of sin].
What you read in the first comment is from the King James Version of the Holy Bible, this one is from another English Version of the Scriptures the Amplified Bible which is my second favorite of the Scriptures.
@@guillermochavez2515 Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
I understand what ignorance is like Guillermo, it happened to me before as well. And it was shown in the title character of A Christmas Carol named Ebenezzer Scrooge. I will pray for you.
@@fightthegoodfightoffaithmi8676 thank you.
Strong people are simple, no wonder I like AC/DC!
These are wonderful.
The distinction between patience and laziness, that's it
Лев Толстой - литературный гений,глыба,знаток человеческой природы.
True words of wisdom. Thankyou these things need to be said, at any age and at any time. It is good to be reminded of Truth.
He just said you cant knowil anything in his quotes 🙄
Excellent! ♥️🕊🙏🏼
1:46 I can proudly say I have that exact state of mind...
Bless the lord
Respect all creatures
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+16197961118⏯⏯⏯ Hello it's works I can't believe am with my love after so many years of break-up?!!@@@$)!
Love the music.
Strong as a young man, but as I age, I am cashing in some excess strength and replacing it with wisdom. And nothing is so enjoyable for this man as the company of intelligent women.
Absolutely, buddy
One of the most Powerful minds the world has been lucky enough to cherish!
Well for me... truly.
Strong comes from the heart and
If love is simple we all have this.
I have met my brother. God bless you, Leo Tolstoy.
It's always amazing to listen
I’m trying to change myself with my gods help Jehovah Jairah I love him
Jehovah witness
Strong people are mostly single and therefore simple
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share it", this is so true in the age of the informational interconnected world
Strength in simplicity!✌
Man!
He is so, down right.
He was a Holly person.
Abdul Sami Jehangiri,
Abbottabad
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I didn't understand can you elaborate please
First hearing of him. Love the wisdom
Strong minds are not simple.
Thank you 💚💫💜
Intelligence is two edged sword...it either disappoint you or liberate you..
Yes, Strong people are always simple.
Leo Tolstoy is for me True Master...
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."
This man was calling out modern lookism before it even exploded into the absurd level it is today.
Capitalism helped made it extreme
So very true - when we young and dum we obsessed with beauty. Until we learn that beauty is many times very shallow.
@dizzy Agree- well put !
2:04 "If you look for perfection, you will never be content"
It is not "modern lookism" you muppet..
It is in our dna for eons.. even chimps, our cousins from whome we split over 2 million years ago, prefer to hang out with prettier chimps.
@6:15 this quote so relate with me
TRUE indeed.. strong people lives simple life and have patience towards life will bring..
Get Real, please, for Christ's Sake.
And everyone said 'Alllllllmannnn.'
Lights Out.
SILENCE IS Now Golden.
Love the wisdom shared..thank you
The Sun once shined, I know because I saw it, saw it as the earth turned beneath my feet, leaving me reflecting, alone like the moon. Now, understanding Mass and Gravity, I look back into the telescope of my heart only to be blinded. I see without sight the brightest moment my heart could view. I tell myself, sorry.
Lovely.
A brilliant and wise man - a national treasure for Russia
Beautiful!!!!
Thank you for sharing bro
Patience is to keep going when the going is hard
When I think of Tolstoy, I think of the character Natasha Rostova in War and Peace. Tolstoy's ideal woman. I might add, my ideal woman in classic fiction. I especially admired her selfless care of Prince Andrei. Some of her decisions are baffling, but her overall character is very alluring. She loves without pretense.
Leo Tolstoy's stories were read in childhood.
A great human with great ethics .
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+16197961118⏯⏯⏯ Hello it's works I can't believe am with my love after so many years of break-up?!!@@@$)!
"The people capable of waging wars are the ones that establish peace . "
-Not Tolstoy
I'm just now realizing I'm one that is strong and not weak, I guess that's why I'm also a simple guy!
1. Strong people will never go around telling others they're strong.
2. Smart people will never tell others they're smart.
See where I am going with this, yet? 😁
@@cuongtkong58 you're going on what you think you're going
@@astronomical7962 He's right though
@@cuongtkong58 yes then I guess I goofed by saying such about myself right? Well I know now, so thank you!
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Here is one of my own thoughts , The word happiness is over used as it is an excellent experience that comes and goes , contentment is far better to strive for .
Contentment and enjoyment
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Wahnsinn..echt gut....
Have so much to say,but I will say only one big huge thank you ☺️.You help a lot this way
1.Intelligent women are attracted to strong man, because this is the strength of a woman
2. Lev Tolstoy is great,I totally relate to everything he is saying ,no matter how conceptual it is,for most of the conclusions he has reached,I also have reached,there is one and only truth which comes from the source
Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing themselves....
If you're reading this, May you lead a life full of positivity and greatness. I hope that day comes real soon where your wildest dreams come true. May your life be full of joy, strength, light, and ease. Where you finally feel that you are at peace with yourself and your surroundings. You got this. It's gonna get better real soon, Thank you so much for the video
I am subscribing you!
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life - J.R.R Tolkien
I had no idea he had such understanding of Islam
We have to accept society for what it is. Good vs good will not sell at the box office. Society makes it difficult for women to realize that their minds are more important than their physiques. Instant liberation applies to the physique rather than the mind. Liberation of the mind is gradual.
This is so true Jesus was/is the king of the world yet he came being born into the world in a Manger surrounded by animals. At one point in time of his life he came riding on a donkey and was still being praised Hossana the word of God says God gives grace and up lifts the humble which in due time will make them so strong.The word of God talks so much of how he lifts up those who are humble basically simple.
One of my favorite writers 😊👍♥️
In Gandhi's autobiography " My Experiments with Truth" he writes while he was in South Africa once he had to travel from Durban to Johannesburg in a train. That night during his travel he carried two books. One of Leo Tolstoy & other of John Ruskin. He read those two books the whole night while travelling in train. Those two books deeply influenced his thoughts so much that , the very night those two authors transformed him from Mohandaas Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi. That's why Gandhiji says powerful thoughts can transform one's individual life and the entire world as well from nothing to everything.
The energy of this man was unbelievable
“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women” hopefully my family & friends are watching and they will know why am I still single or what I am looking for in a lady
That’s what all the men who’ve loved me have believed, I feel certain of it, lol. Just sayin’…
There are many intelligent women out there. Perhaps you are simply a commitment-phobe and using your perceived scarcity-of-intelligent-women as an excuse.
"Those Who Loves to make their own Quotes , is gonna be Quoted by those Who Loves to Read Quotes" - Its just me 🤣
Absolutely beautiful !
😝
Not only you
Nice one
My favorite is people are always trying to change others but seldom do they ever look at themselves. Start looking at yourself change yourself to fit in don't try to change others to fit in this is a truly incredibly genius rule for every single level of interaction you have good or bad think about it even road rage this rule applies to every single human interaction that you will have or I will have in my lifetime so stop and think about yourself and how you are responding or reacting to others reactions or how they are treating you good or bad forget about them focus on you
If you want to be happy then be.
Flaw in the statement because want is desire and desire is the root cause of suffering.
He was no Dostoyevsky.
LOL! That was a hilarious come-back.
Awesome quotes I love
It is so tiresome when we try to please negative people.
Be honest truthful dharmic throughout one's lifes journey if....none to say sorry or apologize to ever...
I'm an eighth grade student. It was a very useful video. Thank you very much
So glad I watched this! Now I know this man was a fool and a sucker with a sophisticated mind to be captivating.
Your YT “handle” says it all about you.
@@cutzymccall7675 how's that method of assumption, judgment, and trolling working out in your life?
Forgiveness is freedom
Such a master 👏👏👏👏👍🙏
Strong people are always simple? Guess I'm weak then...
Strong people are simple but difficult to understand,maybe you are the one.
It is good people who are simple
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Are we strong enough to love?
Too good!
This took my soul out : )