What Men Live By, and Other Tales is a collection of moral tales by Leo Tolstoy. The title story follows a poor shoemaker named Simon who takes in a stranger, and the tales explore love, compassion, and faith. They are worth listening to for their simple, moving storytelling and questions about how we treat one another.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
WHAT MEN LIVE BY AND OTHER TALES By Leo Tolstoy “We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.” —1 “Epistle St. John” iii. 14. “Whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.” —iii. 17-18. “Love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” —iv. 7-8. “No man hath beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abideth in us.” —iv. 12. “God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.” —iv. 16. “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” —iv. 20.
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