Leo Tolstoy

What Men Live by Leo Tolstoy

This collection of four stories by Leo Tolstoy was published in 1885, a few years after his religious conversion to radical non-violent Christianity, and the stories reflect his concerns at that time. Includes "What Men Live By", "The Three Questions", "The Coffee House of Surat", and "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"A sweet story about what makes us human."I have learnt that all men live not by care for themselves but by love."It was not given to the mother to know what her children needed fortheir life. Nor was it given to the rich man to know what he himselfneeded. Nor is it given to any man to know whether, when eveningcomes, he will need boots for his body or slippers for his corpse. I understood that God does not wish men to live apart, andtherefore he does not reveal to them what each one needs forhimself; but he wishes them to live united, and therefore reveals toeach of them what is necessary for all."