Philosophical Sentences in Tolstoy's Resurrection

1, we live in this world with an absurd belief that we are the masters of life and that life is for pleasure. This is obviously absurd. You know, since we were sent to this world, it was out of someone's will, in order to achieve a certain purpose. But we come to the conclusion that we live only for our own happiness. Obviously, we will not come to a good end, just like gardeners who don't carry out their will. The will of the Lord is reflected in those commandments. As long as people abide by these commandments, heaven will be built on the earth and people will get supreme happiness.

At that time, he was an honest and self-sacrificing young man, ready to devote himself to all good undertakings. Now he has become a bohemian, bohemian and out-and-out egoist who only loves himself for pleasure. At that time, he felt that the world was a secret, and he tried his best to solve it with joy and passion. Now he feels that everything in reality is simple and clear, and everything is determined by the real environment in which he lives. At that time, he thought it was necessary and important to get in touch with nature and predecessors (such as philosophy and poetry) who had lived, thought and contacted, but now he thinks it is necessary and important to communicate with colleagues because there are artificial rules and regulations. At that time, women were mysterious and charming just because mystery was a fascinating creation; Now, except for the wives of family and friends, the role of all women is clear: women are the best enjoyment tools he has ever tried. At that time, he didn't want money, and his mother didn't even need a third of it. He can give up the land under his father's name and give it to the tenants. Now his mother gives him 1500 rubles a month, which is not enough for him at all. He had several unpleasant conversations with his mother for money. At that time, he thought that spiritual talents were the real me; Now he thinks I'm strong, energetic and animal.

Only then did he realize that his hatred for people recently, especially for Duke, Sophia, Missy and Kornei today, was actually hatred for himself. Strange to say, this feeling of confessing your meanness is not only pain, but also happiness and peace of mind.

More than once in Nekhludoff's life, what he called "sweeping the soul" happened. His so-called soul cleansing refers to such a state of mind: often after a long time, he suddenly feels that his inner life has been exhausted, and sometimes even stopped, and began to clear away all the garbage accumulated in his soul and the reasons for this pause.

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Since then, he has not cleaned his soul for a long time, so he has never been so dirty, and there has never been such a disharmony between what his conscience requires and the life he leads. When he saw the gap, he couldn't help but jump.