Good morning, friends. I would like to tell you about Tolstoy's calendar. If you already know about it, I would be curious how you came across it. Tolstoy said, of his calendar, that it was his most important work! The calendar has, every day, a very short piece or two that he wrote and several short pieces by other writers. Who knows, maybe some of us will enjoy literature every day, in Tolstoy's spirit. He wrote that he loved to open the calendar daily, and think of words of great writers of all times. Here goes. Today, 17 December, from Blaise Pascal God created heaven and earth, but they lacked ability to understand the happiness of their existence. Then God made creatures who would understand the happiness of their existence, and who could create a single body from all of its thinking parts. All people are members of this one body; in order to be happy, they should live in harmony with the will that governs its life. We should live in harmony with this great soul and love it more than we love ourselves.
I am concerned not to write too much. There is a quote, today, from Marcus Aurelius, one from 1Corinthians and two by Tolstoy. His final and highlighted quote ends as follows:
The more we love, the wider, larger, and more joyful our life becomes.
Good morning, friends. I would like to tell you about Tolstoy's calendar. If you already know about it, I would be curious how you came across it. Tolstoy said, of his calendar, that it was his most important work!
ReplyDeleteThe calendar has, every day, a very short piece or two that he wrote and several short pieces by other writers. Who knows, maybe some of us will enjoy literature every day, in Tolstoy's spirit. He wrote that he loved to open the calendar daily, and think of words of great writers of all times.
Here goes. Today, 17 December, from Blaise Pascal
God created heaven and earth, but they lacked ability to understand the happiness of their existence. Then God made creatures who would understand the happiness of their existence, and who could create a single body from all of its thinking parts. All people are members of this one body; in order to be happy, they should live in harmony with the will that governs its life. We should live in harmony with this great soul and love it more than we love ourselves.
I am concerned not to write too much. There is a quote, today, from Marcus Aurelius, one from 1Corinthians and two by Tolstoy. His final and highlighted quote ends as follows:
The more we love, the wider, larger, and more joyful our life becomes.
I wish you a day full of love, Jeanie