This book has long not been reprinted in Russia; yet it is a masterpiece of world spiritual and esoteric wisdom, conveyed in the presentation of a great writer. In this work, Tolstoy has arranged—by separate themes—the best philosophical aphorisms, statements, and famous sayings belonging to sages and spiritual teachers from all over the world. A significant portion of them consists of philosophical aphorisms from the East. The book also includes a lesser-known, but extremely interesting work by Leo Tolstoy about karma.