Leo Tolstoy saying
By alkurishy
@alkurishy (2068)
Iraq
July 29, 2008 1:20pm CST
Loe Tolstoy have a good saying, he say:
(Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself)
I think he is right because we must start changing our selves then try to change the world, the changing must start by our selves.
What do you think about it?
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7 responses
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
30 Jul 08
You are absolutely correct. We all are born and raised within families and communities and hence develop our dogma and prejudice against others. We do not make use of the greatest faculty God has given us…i.e our brains. We follow blindly for various reasons, we do not use logic to question situations. We do not ask, we subscribe for benefits. We do not learn, we memorize to belong. We are fearful of change, we want to die clutching on to our beliefs, we feel safe in them. Even then, not everybody are same as the progress of civilization proves. We all can of course start with ourselves and then we must start with our families, esp the children who are the future of this world. Children must be encouraged by us to know more and understand the way they want to.
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@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
30 Jul 08
That what we should do dear, we should start with our selves and our family, if everyone do that we all will be in the same good way of life.
Thank you for your response and have a good day.
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
30 Jul 08
How true!!
I am currently reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Good book!!! My husband reccomnded it. I'm enjoying it very much. Have you read it yet?
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
30 Jul 08
I may see the movie but only after I've finised the book.
@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
30 Jul 08
I have seen the movie and I like it so much and there is a cartoon movie too I saw it too.
Thank you for your response and have a good day.
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
30 Jul 08
I think that is probably a large part of reason the world is in the mess it is in today, because instead of changing themselves everyone decided that the other person needed changing. And lets face it you can not change someone else and trying to only leads to trouble.
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@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
30 Jul 08
That is absolutely right, we can't change the other, but we can start change our selves then the other will change them selves if I am doing right things.
Thank you for your response and have a nice great day.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
29 Jul 08
I have no idea who Leo Tolstoy is but I agree totally with him. It's so very true! Thanks for posting.
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@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
29 Jul 08
Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy(born in 1828 – die in 1910),was a Russian writer widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists.
I hope that can make you know him.
Thank you for your response and have a nice day.
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@LouiseKnittel (4764)
• United States
29 Jul 08
I think that this statement is very true! Nothing would change. All would stay the same, if we never changed ourselves! The change has to start within each of us. As we work toward a whole world change. And if only a few try to change, then the change really never did take place.
But if all changed. Then we would all see the huge difference.
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@alkurishy (2068)
• Iraq
29 Jul 08
Yes, you are right, thanks for your agreement with my point of view, that we should start changing our self first then try to change the world.
Thanks for your response and have a nice day.
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@hellcowboy (7374)
• United States
15 Aug 08
That statement was definitely said by a smart and noble man,and it holds a lot of truth especially today,because people do think more about changing others and the world,and do not think enough about changing themselves,and I agree with you my friend first we must start changing ourselves,and hopefully if people see us changing ourselves then they will start changing themselves and the world will get a little bit better.
