DAY 191

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy · 1869
Война и мир
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

What is the meaning of an individual's life amidst the massive vortex of history?

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I first opened this vast novel, I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of characters' names. But the further I turned the pages, the more I realized that what Tolstoy truly wished to speak of was not the war chronicles of heroes, but the greatness of ordinary individuals living out their own lives beneath the enormous wheel of history. His insight that history is made not by heroes like Napoleon but by the gathered will of countless individuals resonates deeply. You will witness the very point where the macroscopic world and the microscopic everyday cross.

— ONGO · Curator
"The most difficult thing—but an essential one—is to love Life, to love it even while one suffers."
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
"인생에서 가장 어려운 일은 모든 것을 잃은 후에도 여전히 삶을 사랑하는 것이다."

🌱Apply It Today

Even amid vast events beyond your control, remember that how you live this day and whom you love is yours alone to decide, and cherish the value of everyday life.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

白日夢
Daylight Dream
백일몽 · a brief flight from now
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