“Until you do what you believe in, you don’t know whether you believe it or not.” -Leo Tolstoy

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I can’t find the original source so it’s hard to know the context, it appears to be from one of his private letters. It could be a reference to Tolstoy wanting to give away his family’s fortune to the poor. He was quite wealthy through inheritance and believed he didn’t deserve it. He often bickered with his wife about giving away all his money

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