Leo Tolstoy
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as you can, you can not get out of them a drop of water. So you can not get out of all the books that contain the best precepts the smallest good deed.
—Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy's Letters
Posted on September 28, 2001 at 12:50 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
—Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy's Letters
Posted on April 15, 2002 at 3:35 PM
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