A Calendar of Wisdom

In the final years of his life, Leo Tolstoy set out to distill the wisdom of the ages. The result was, A Calendar of Wisdom—a deeply personal, daily collection of reflections drawn from the world’s greatest thinkers, including Socrates, the Buddha, Jesus, Confucius, and more. Alongside these timeless voices, Tolstoy adds his own insights on life’s enduring questions: the nature of faith, the pursuit of truth, and the path to inner peace.

Banned in Soviet Russia and nearly lost to history, this was Tolstoy’s final and most cherished project—one he hoped would offer moral clarity and spiritual strength to anyone seeking meaning in everyday life. With a fresh translation by Roger Cockrell, this book invites modern readers to engage with a year’s worth of transformative thought, one day at a time.