Tolstoy and His Problems: Essays

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Funk & Wagnalls, 1904 - 220 strani

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Stran 16 - Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all. . . . But let your speech be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay." How absurd ! says some one. Here are five great commandments to guide us in
Stran 107 - The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve
Stran 105 - in person and property, from the Government of Massachusetts, and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think it is enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one.
Stran 104 - I heartily accept the motto—' That Government is best which governs least'; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe—' That Government is best which governs not at all'; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of Government which they will have.
Stran 125 - if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown ; but if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
Stran 104 - properly have other concerns to engage him ; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.
Stran 17 - a tooth : but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil; but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Stran 105 - or any other public officer asks me, as one has done, ' But what shall I do ?' my answer is, ' If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.' When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.
Stran 29 - a tooth ; but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also,
Stran 75 - The religious perception of our time, in its widest and most practical application, is the consciousness that our wellbeing, both material and spiritual, individual and collective, temporal and eternal, lies in the growth of brotherhood among all men—in their loving harmony with one another

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