A Lev Tolstoi kufanele uyifunde okungenani kanye empilweni yakho. Kunoma yimuphi umsebenzi wakhe. Kusukela kuma-aphorism akhe kuya kumanoveli akhe amahle afana omunye wababhali ababaluleke kakhulu emibhalweni indawo yonke. Kepha kufanele uyifunde. Futhi ku- usuku olusha lokuzalwa kwakhe USepthemba 9, 1828 yinto enhle kakhulu ongayenza. Ngakho-ke baya lapho ezinye izingcezu lweziqu zakhe ezaziwa kakhulu.
Indaba yehhashi (1886)
“Ngikuqonde kahle ukuthi bathini ngokushaywa kanye nobuKrestu. Kepha bekufihlekile ngokuphelele kimi, ngaleso sikhathi, igama su, engingathola kulo ukuthi abantu basungula ukuxhumana phakathi kwenhloko yezitebele nami. Lapho-ke angikwazanga ukuqonda nganoma iyiphi indlela ukuthi leso sixhumanisi siqukethe ini. Kamuva kakhulu, lapho ngihlukaniswa namanye amahhashi, lapho ngazichazela khona ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangingakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi kusho ukuthini kimi ukuba ngumnikazi wendoda. Amagama ihhashi lami, ayekhuluma ngami, ihhashi eliphilayo, ayemangaza kimi njengamazwi: umhlaba wami, umoya wami, amanzi ami.
Ama-aphorism
Usuku luzofika lapho amadoda ezoyeka ukulwa, alwe impi, agwebele abantu ukufa; usuku lapho bezothandana khona. Futhi lowo mzuzu uzofika nakanjani, ngoba uthando lwabanye abantu lufakwe emphefumulweni wabo bonke abantu, hhayi inzondo. Masenze konke esingakwenza ukusheshisa ukufika kwalowo mzuzu.
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Uma uhlala phakathi kwabantu, ungakhohlwa lokho okufunde wedwa. Futhi uma uwedwa, zindla ngalokho okufundile ebudlelwaneni bakho nabantu.
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Uma uhlala phakathi kwabantu, ungakhohlwa lokho okufunde wedwa. Futhi uma uwedwa, zindla ngalokho okufundile ebudlelwaneni bakho nabantu.
U-Ana Karenina
«Uthando lwami luba nothando ngezikhathi ezithile futhi luzikhukhumeze ngenkathi olwayo luphela; ngakho-ke siyaziqhelelanisa; futhi akukho esingakwenza ukushintsha lesi simo. Kimina, uyikho konke futhi ngifuna ukuthi azinikele kimi ngokuphelele, kunalokho uvame kakhulu ukuziqhelelanisa nami. Ngaphambi kobudlelwano bethu sasihlangane futhi manje sihamba ngokungenakuvinjelwa ngezindlela eziphambene. Futhi akunakwenzeka ngathi ukuthi siguquke. Uyangitshela, futhi ngizitshelile, ukuthi nginomona ngobuwula. Akulona iqiniso: anginamona: angijabule.
Ukufa kuka-Ivan Ilyich
U-Iván Ilích wabona ukuthi uyafa futhi wayelokhu ephelelwe yithemba njalo. Ekujuleni komphefumulo wakhe wayazi ukuthi uyafa, kepha akagcinanga ngokukujwayela; Angikwazi ukukuqonda ... Akunakuba ukuthi impilo ayinanjongo, iyanengeka. Uma kuliqiniso ukuthi impilo iyenyanyeka futhi ayinanjongo, pho kungani sifa futhi sife sihlupheka? Cha, kukhona okushodayo lapha. "Mhlawumbe angizange ngiphile ngendlela obekufanele ngenze ngayo," ekhuluma yedwa, futhi wasusa leso sixazululo semfihlakalo yokuphila nokufa njengento engenakwenzeka nhlobo ... Wazifunela ngaphakathi ngokwesaba ukufa ngokwesiko futhi akazange ithole.
-Ukuphi yena? Yini ukufa? -Kwakungekho ukwesaba ngoba kwakungekho nokufa. Esikhundleni sokufa kwakukhona ukukhanya.
"Manje-ke," esho ngokuzwakalayo. Yeka injabulo!
-Ukuphelile! Kusho umuntu ngaphezu kwakhe.
U-Ivan Illich wezwa lawa mazwi futhi wawaphindaphinda ekujuleni komphefumulo wakhe.
"Ukufa kudlulile," ezitshela. Akusekho.
Wamunca umoya, wama phakathi nokububula, wazelula, washona.
Impi nokuthula
UPierre ungene ehhovisi. INkosana u-Andrei, ayithole ishintshe kakhulu, yayigqoke izingubo zomphakathi. Ngokungangabazeki wayebonakala ukuthi uthuthukile empilweni, kepha wayenombimbi omusha omile esiphongweni sakhe, phakathi kwamashiya akhe; wakhuluma noyise noPrince Meschersky waphikisana ngamandla nangothando. Babekhuluma ngeSperanski: izindaba zokuxoshwa kwakhe ngokungazelelwe nokusolwa ngokukhaphela zazisanda kufika eMoscow.
“Manje usehlulelwa futhi usolwa yibo bonke labo abebemncoma ngenyanga edlule nalabo abebengakwazi ukuqonda izinhloso zakhe,” kusho uMntwana u-Andrewi. Kulula kakhulu ukwahlulela abahlazekile bese usola wonke amaphutha abanye. Kepha ngiyakutshela ukuthi uma kukhona okuhle okwenziwe phakathi nalokhu kubusa, sikweleta yena hhayi omunye umuntu.
Wama lapho ebona uPierre. Kube nokuthuthumela okuncane ebusweni bakhe futhi ngaso leso sikhathi waqala ukukhuluma kabi.
"Ukuzalwa kuzomenzela ubulungiswa," waqeda, wabhekisa kuPierre. Unjani? Ulokhu ukhuluphele! Wamamatheka ngenjabulo. Kepha umbimbi wakamuva ebunzini lakhe ujulile.
UPierre wambuza ngempilo yakhe.
"Ngiyaphila," kusho isikhulu ngokumamatheka okubukeka, futhi uPierre wafunda ngokusobala emamatheka kuka-Andrei: "Ngiyaphila, kuyiqiniso, kepha akekho noyedwa onendaba nempilo yami."