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Quotation from A Confession by Leo Tolstoy

“Faith is the strength of life. If a man lives he believes in something.”

Leo Tolstoy (spoken by Tolstoy)

A Confession, Chapter IX, trans. Aylmer Maude (1921)

Portrait of Leo Tolstoy

His conclusion after studying how ordinary people find meaning in their lives.

Citation: "Faith is the strength of life. If a man lives he believes in something." — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, Chapter IX, trans. Aylmer Maude (1921). (id tolstoy-a-confession-q2)

Portrait: L.N.Tolstoy Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, Public domain.

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