What is in the human mind,
What is not given to man,
What should people live by?
Wisdom on these three questions
A book that makes you feel the great novelist Tolstoy once again!

Tolstoy, the embodiment of the world's conscience who longed to find the truth in the midst of life's agony, the greatest novelist of all time-transcending novelists in the world, and the most beloved by English-speaking writers, changed the history of world literature that is constantly read in our time. Eleven representative works filled with philosophy and wisdom of enlightenment that warm and comfort the heart the more you read them have been selected and newly published as "Tolstoy's Short Stories Selected by a Korean Language Teacher: What Men Live By, etc." so that students and teenagers preparing for essays and the college entrance exam can easily read them.

“Okay, give me my clothes.
It's shameful to steal the only clothes you have and wear them.
Take it off here quickly.
“You pathetic little thing! You might as well just die!” As Simon was trying to take off his wife’s cotton jacket, she grabbed one sleeve and ripped it open.
Matryona snatched it away, put it on, ran to the door, and was about to walk out when she stopped.
Although I was furious, I felt I had to find out who this man was.
--- p.20

God said this:

'Go down again and take the woman's soul.
Then you will know the meaning of the three words.
That is, what is in the human heart, what is not permitted to man, and what man lives by.
When you realize that, you will be able to return to heaven.' So I came back down to earth and took the woman's soul away.
The two children were separated from their mother's arms, but when the body fell on the bed, it fell on one child, leaving him with one leg paralyzed.
As I was leaving the village and flying into the sky to offer the woman's soul to God, a strong wind suddenly blew and broke both my wings.
So only the woman's soul went to God, and I fell to the ground and lay on the road."
--- p.40

“Wise man, I have three questions and I have come to seek answers from you.
What I want to know is, first, when should I choose to do something so that I don't have any regrets, and how can I avoid missing that time? Second, who is the most important person to do the work, and who should I work with and who should I avoid working with? Third, what is the most important thing, and what should I do before anything else? These are the general things.
--- p.49

The more Martin read the Bible, the more his heart became lighter, as he came to understand clearly what God was saying and what it meant to live for God.
Before, I would lie in bed and sigh as if I was going to die, thinking only of Kapitoshka, but now I could only pray like this.
“Thank you, God! Thank you! I entrust everything to your will, so please take charge!” From then on, Martin’s life changed completely.
In the past, on holidays like this, I would just go out and play and spend time in restaurants drinking tea or vodka.
When I had a drink with someone I knew, he would nag or yell at me even though I wasn't very drunk.
But now, that never happened again.
Quiet and satisfying days passed.
--- p.135

“All we know about God is that he does good to people and commands others to do the same.
Therefore, shouldn't we follow God's example and do good to our fellow countrymen?" When people come to this thought, God comes to them and says:
“This is what I wanted from you.
Do as I say.
Then you too will live like me.”

--- p.239