Follow the renowned novelist?s journey to his own peace Leo Tolstoy was born to an aristocratic Russian family, became a world-famous influential novelist, and then chose to lead the simple life of a peasant. Dating from this last part of his life, Tolstoy?s influential book, What I Believe, takes readers along on the path to a life modeled literally on Jesus Christ?s ?Sermon on the Mount? and the teachings of the Gospels. In revealing and frank essays he reimagines a faith without dogma, centered solely on Jesus?s doctrine of love, humility, and self-denial. This collection of chapters from What I Believe includes examinations of Resist Not Evil, Judge Not Thy Neighbor, Letting Go of Fear, and Allowing Forgiveness.