“Excerpts, sayings, etc. are like burning glasses: they collect the rays of intelligence and knowledge... and with force and vividness they concentrate these rays in the minds of the readers” - these words of the great writer Jonathan Swift perfectly reflect the content of the collection, which included the aphorisms of Socrates , Plato, Confucius, Rousseau, Spinoza, Kant, Dostoevsky and many others. These thoughts were collected and systematized in the form of aphorisms for every day by none other than Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy himself. The thoughts of great people, collected by a great writer, are truly a treasure trove of human wisdom. Take advantage of its treasures...