Was Leo Tolstoy a religious man?

Tolstoy experienced a powerful religious epiphany that led him to renounce a life of pleasure and indulgence and accept the teachings of Jesus. read more

Without naming himself an anarchist, Leo Tolstoy, like his predecessors in the popular religious movements of the 15th and 16th centuries, Chojecki, Denk and many others, took the anarchist position as regards the state and property rights, deducing his conclusions from the general spirit of the teachings of Jesus and from the necessary dictates of reason. read more

Leo Tolstoy Quotes on Religion & Morality If religion is the establishing of a relationship between man and the universe, defining the meaning of life, then morality is the indication and explanation of those activities that automatically result when a person maintains one or other relationship to the universe. read more