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Смирение дает радости, недоступные самодовольному и гордому.
Humility gives joys that are beyond the reach of the self-satisfied and the proud.
1. Мир между людьми есть необходимое условие хорошей жизни; главное же препятствие для мира — наша гордость; только смирение, готовность перенести унижение, быть оклеветанным, ложно понятым, только при такой готовности человек может вносить мир в отношение свое к другим людям и людей между собой.
1. Peace among people is a necessary condition of a good life; and the chief obstacle to peace is our pride; only humility, a readiness to bear humiliation, to be slandered, to be misunderstood — only with such a readiness can we bring peace into our relations with other people and into the relations of people with one another.
2. Придите ко мне все труждающиеся и обремененные, и я успокою вас. Возьмите иго мое на себя и научитесь от меня; ибо я кроток и смирен сердцем; и найдете покой душам вашим. Ибо иго мое благо и бремя мое легко.
2. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is good and my burden light.
From Matthew · close to the original .
The Russian Bible (Synodal translation)Придите ко Мне все труждающиеся и обремененные, и Я успокою вас; …
… возьмите иго Мое на себя и научитесь от Меня, ибо Я кроток и смирен сердцем, и найдете покой душам вашим; …
… ибо иго Мое благо, и бремя Мое легко.
Source text: ru.wikisource.orgIn English · King James Version, 1611Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Source text: gutenberg.orgDetails
The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Matthew, 11:28–30.
The Synodal text word for word, with the divine pronouns in lower case («ко мне», «я», «иго мое») and some punctuation changed («от меня; ибо я кроток и смирен сердцем; и найдете» for «от Меня, ибо Я кроток и смирен сердцем, и найдете»).
Translation note. The KJV has “lowly in heart” where Tolstoy has «смирен», “humble”, the word of this day’s theme, and “my yoke is easy” where he has «благо», “good”.
3. Когда свет осуждает нас, клевещет на нас, мы не должны сердиться, а скорее рассмотреть, нет ли в осуждениях этих какого основания.
3. When the world condemns us and slanders us, we should not grow angry, but rather examine whether there is some ground for these condemnations.
Hume.
Source not found yet .
Not found yet.
Not found. The Jubilee name index refers «Юм» on this page (vol. 41, p. 384) to David Hume (1711–1776) and gives no source; its other reference to Hume (vol. 42) concerns a saying on war that Tolstoy wrote into an unsent letter and that never reached the Circle. Southgate's Many Thoughts of Many Minds prints three Hume sayings, none of them this one.
Searched: Southgate (Many Thoughts of Many Minds; Suggestive Thoughts), Coit, and Tileston for 'Hume', 'censure', and 'slander'; archive.org full text for 'when the world censures', 'when the world blames us', 'when we are censured' with 'foundation' and 'Hume', 'there be not some foundation' with 'censure', and 'rather examine' with 'censure' and 'Hume', and in French for 'Hume' with 'nous blâme' and 'fondement'; Jubilee vols. 40 and 42 for «Юм».
4. Если твое самолюбие страдает при воспоминании о том, что в былое время ты пренебрегал мудростью, не жил, как живут мудрецы, и едва ли заслужишь славу мудреца, то не тужи об этом. Если ты не прослывешь за мудреца, тем лучше. Будь доволен, если можешь теперь, сейчас же, начать жить так, как того требует твоя совесть.
4. If your self-regard suffers when you recall that in times past you neglected wisdom, did not live as sages live, and will hardly earn the renown of a sage, do not grieve over it. If you do not pass for a sage, so much the better. Be content if you can now, at once, begin to live as your conscience requires.
From Meditations · reworded by Tolstoy .
What changed“As thy nature wills” becomes “as your conscience requires,” and throwing away the thought of how you will seem becomes “If you do not pass for a sage, so much the better”; “do not grieve over it” is added. †
† An intermediate translation may have made this change.
Original · Ancient GreekΚαὶ τοῦτο πρὸς τὸ ἀκενόδοξον φέρει, ὅτι οὐκέτι δύνασαι τὸν βίον ὅλον ἢ τόν γε ἀπὸ νεότητος φιλόσοφον βεβιωκέναι, ἀλλὰ πολλοῖς τε ἄλλοις καὶ αὐτὸς σεαυτῷ δῆλος γέγονας πόρρω φιλοσοφίας ὤν.
… πέφυρσαι οὖν, ὥστε τὴν μὲν δόξαν τὴν τοῦ φιλοσόφου κτήσασθαι οὐκέτι σοι ῥᾴδιον·
… εἴπερ οὖν ἀληθῶς ἑώρακας ποῦ κεῖται τὸ πρᾶγμα, τὸ μὲν τί δόξεις ἄφες, ἀρκέσθητι δέ, εἰ κἂν τὸ λοιπὸν τοῦ βίου ὅσον δήποτε, ὡς ἡ σὴ φύσις θέλει, βιώσῃ.
Source text: raw.githubusercontent.comIn English · George Long, 1862This reflection also tends to the removal of the desire of empty fame, that it is no longer in thy power to have lived the whole of thy life, or at least thy life from thy youth upwards, like a philosopher; but both to many others and to thyself it is plain that thou art far from philosophy.
Thou hast fallen into disorder then, so that it is no longer easy for thee to get the reputation of a philosopher; …
If then thou hast truly seen where the matter lies, throw away the thought, How thou shall seem [to others], and be content if thou shalt live the rest of thy life in such wise as thy nature wills.
Source text: gutenberg.orgTolstoy’s own version · Мысли мудрых людей на каждый деньЕсли твое самолюбие страдает при воспоминании о том, что в былое время ты пренебрегал мудростью, не жил, как живут мудрецы, и едва ли стяжаешь себе славу мудреца, то не тужи об этом. Если ты не прослывешь за мудреца, тем лучше. Будь доволен, если можешь теперь, сейчас же, начать жить так, как того требует совесть твоя.
Source text: tolstoy.ruDetails
The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Meditations, VIII.1.
From Thoughts of Wise Men (1903), June 25, with «заслужишь славу мудреца» (earn the fame of a sage) for «стяжаешь себе славу мудреца» (win yourself the fame of a sage) and «твоя совесть» for «совесть твоя». Marcus: "this too helps against vainglory, that you can no longer have lived your whole life, or your life from youth, as a philosopher; to many others and to yourself it is plain that you are far from philosophy. You are in disarray, so that the reputation of a philosopher is no longer easy for you to win ... throw away the thought of how you will seem, and be content if you live the rest of your life, however long, as your nature wills." Tolstoy keeps the past neglect of wisdom and the lost reputation, makes vainglory «самолюбие» (self-love), and adds «то не тужи об этом» (then do not grieve over it). "Throw away the thought of how you will seem" becomes «Если ты не прослывешь за мудреца, тем лучше» (if you are not reputed a sage, so much the better). Marcus's "as your nature wills" (ὡς ἡ σὴ φύσις θέλει) becomes «как того требует твоя совесть» (as your conscience requires), and "the rest of your life" «теперь, сейчас же, начать жить» (to begin to live now, at once). The rest of the chapter, on where the good life is to be found, is left out. The 1903 Marcus came from the Посредник edition of L. D. Urusov's Russian, «Размышления римского императора Марка Аврелия о том, что важно для самого себя» (Jubilee vol. 40 commentary); Urusov's wording was not compared, as the saved 1882 scan has no text layer.
5. Первое, чему человек должен научиться раньше, чем он может успевать на пути к счастью, это — смирение. Надменность, властность и тщеславие должны уступить место кротости и мягкости. Надменность ничего не может приобрести, так как предполагает, что уже всё имеет.
5. The first thing a man must learn before he can make progress on the path to happiness is humility. Arrogance, imperiousness, and vanity must give way to meekness and gentleness. Arrogance can acquire nothing, since it supposes that it already has everything.
From “World’s Advance Thought”.
From The World's Advance-Thought and the Universal Republic · reworded by Tolstoy .
What changed“Arrogance cannot receive, for it assumes to know it all” becomes “Arrogance can acquire nothing, since it supposes that it already has everything”: knowing becomes having; “in spiritual unfoldment” and “permanent” drop out.
From “World’s Advance Thought”’s own wordsThe first lesson in spiritual unfoldment that the individual has to learn before he can progress on the road to permanent Happiness is humility.
The arrogant, domineering, vanity must give place to meekness and gentleness.
Arrogance cannot receive, for it assumes to know it all.
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The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. The World's Advance-Thought and the Universal Republic (Lucy A. Mallory's journal, Portland, Oregon), vol. XVI, no. 8, September 1904, p. 117, an unsigned paragraph among the editor's.
Reworded. 'The first lesson in spiritual unfoldment that the individual has to learn before he can progress on the road to permanent Happiness is humility' becomes 'The first thing a person must learn before he can make progress on the way to happiness is humility' (Первое, чему человек должен научиться раньше, чем он может успевать на пути к счастью, это — смирение): 'in spiritual unfoldment' and 'permanent' are left out. 'The arrogant, domineering, vanity must give place to meekness and gentleness' is kept (Надменность, властность и тщеславие должны уступить место кротости и мягкости). The last sentence is changed: 'Arrogance cannot receive, for it assumes to know it all' becomes 'Arrogance can acquire nothing, since it supposes that it already has everything' (Надменность ничего не может приобрести, так как предполагает, что уже всё имеет): 'to know it all' becomes 'already has everything'. Tolstoy sets that sentence in italics. The paragraph is unsigned, which agrees with the Jubilee list of the Circle's sources: thoughts from the journal are signed either with Mallory's name or «Из «Передовой мысли мира»». The same issue gave April's 4-25.2, also signed «Из «Передовой мысли мира»». No printable.
Translation note. The Russian italic is broken only at the commas; it is set here as one span.
6. Гордость защищает не только себя, но и все другие грехи человека, потому что она ненавидит укоризну и отталкивает лечение, она прячет и оправдывает грех. Сознание греха, смиряющее человека, полезнее, чем доброе дело, раздувающее его гордость.
6. Pride defends not only itself but all of a man’s other sins as well, because it hates reproach and pushes away the cure; it hides and justifies sin. A consciousness of sin that humbles a man is more useful than a good deed that puffs up his pride.
From A Christian Directory · joined by Tolstoy from several places .
What Tolstoy read · The Message of Man: A Book of Ethical Scriptures, gathered by Stanton CoitPride is the defence, not only of itself, …
A fault which humbles a man is of more use to him than a good action which puffs him up with pride.
Source text: archive.orgBaxter’s own wordsPride is the defence not only of itself, but of every other sin in the heart or life. For it hateth reproof and keepeth off the remedy; it hideth, and extenuateth, and excuseth the sin, and thinketh well of that which should be hated.
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The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. A Christian Directory (1673), Part I, Christian Ethics, ch. IV, Part V, Directions against Pride, and for Humility, Direct. III, on the odiousness of pride, no. 5 (the first sentence); the second sentence is Coit's verse 14 (What Tolstoy read).
Two verses of Coit's chapter 'Pride is a Prolific Source of Sin' (1902), joined (What Tolstoy read). The first is Baxter's, from the Christian Directory: 'Pride is the defence not only of itself, but of every other sin in the heart or life' becomes 'Pride defends not only itself but all a man's other sins'; 'it hateth reproof and keepeth off the remedy' becomes 'it hates reproach and pushes away the cure'; 'it hideth, and extenuateth, and excuseth the sin' becomes 'it hides and justifies sin'; and 'thinketh well of that which should be hated' is left out. The second, Coit's verse 14, has no credit in Coit's notes, and its author was not found; it is not in Baxter's passage, and Tolstoy's signature covers it because Coit's page sets it among Baxter's verses, as December found for 12-10.5 (Baxter and Bishop Thomas Wilson). Tolstoy makes 'A fault which humbles a man' 'The consciousness of sin, which humbles a man' (Сознание греха, смиряющее человека). No printable, for the joining and the changes.
7. Будьте строги к самим себе и снисходительны к другим, и вы не будете иметь врагов.
7. Be strict with yourselves and indulgent toward others, and you will have no enemies.
From Analects · close to the original .
What Tolstoy read · G. Pauthier, Confucius et Mencius: Les quatre livres de philosophie morale et politique …Soyez sévères envers vous-mêmes et indulgents envers les autres, alors vous éloignerez de vous les ressentiments.
Source text: gutenberg.orgIn English · James Legge, 1861He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.
Source text: gutenberg.orgTolstoy’s own version · Мысли мудрых людей на каждый деньБудьте строги к самим себе и снисходительны к другим, и вы не будете иметь врагов.
Source text: tolstoy.ruDetails
The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Analects (Lunyu), XV.14 (Legge XV.xiv; Pauthier XV.14).
Pauthier's French, through Tolstoy's 1903 version, which the Circle repeats word for word (Thoughts of Wise Men, 7 September, signed «Китайская мудрость («Ле-Лун-Ю»)», the Lun-yu): 'Soyez sévères envers vous-mêmes et indulgents envers les autres, alors vous éloignerez de vous les ressentiments' (be severe toward yourselves and indulgent toward others; then you will keep resentments away). Tolstoy makes the resentments enemies: «и вы не будете иметь врагов» (and you will have no enemies). The Chinese 躬自厚而薄責於人，則遠怨矣 says 'ask much of yourself and little of others, and you keep resentment far off.' The saying is Confucius's (子曰).
Translation note. The Russian italic is broken only at the comma; it is set here as one span.
Не бойся унижения, если ты сумеешь принять его с смирением: оно во много раз окупится теми духовными благами, которые соединены с ним.
Do not fear humiliation if you can accept it with humility: it will be repaid many times over by the spiritual goods bound up with it.
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