Sanchari’s Reviews > A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul > Status Update

Sept 21Tolstoy: "The most important and necessary expression of freedom is to give your thought a specific direction."

July 23 The Koran: Nothing more can be considered as real merit for a person than his effort. Only in his effort is a person shown in his real light.

July 6 Neither the descriptions of war nor its terrible cruelties and atrocities can stop people from participating in it. One reason is everyone comes to understand that if such a terrible thing can exist and be accepted by people, then there must be some reason for its existence. It is not true that the existence of wars proves their necessity. The history of mankind says that such things should not happen.

May 27 Tolstoy: "Very often, all of the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth. The potential of the human mind to act this way is our major source of temptation."

April 6 Tolstoy: To improve ourselves, to move toward that goal, perfection, that puts no less a demand on us for being unattainable, requires solitude, removal from the concerns of everyday life. And yet constant solitude renders self-improvement impossible, if not pointless. A balance must be struck between meditating in solitude and then applying this to your everyday life.

Feb 7 Lamennais: "Work on yourself and improve yourself; this is the answer. Start the improvement of this world from within."

Tolstoy: "There is nothing more beneficial, both for you and for others, than activity directed to the improvement of your soul."

Jan 17 Tolstoy: "Improve your own soul, and be confident that only in so doing can you contribute to the improvement of the larger society of which you are part."

Jan 9 Tolstoy: "Read less, study less, but think more."