Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist known for epic works such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina. His life experiences, from witnessing war to spiritual quests, profoundly influenced his writings and gave him profound insights into the human soul. His understanding of emotions, motivations and moral dilemmas has made his work stand the test of time, and it still resonates with people today.

Julian de Medeiros, a TikTok creator who shares his thoughts on philosophy, shared how Tolstoy knew if someone was highly intelligent, and his observation says something extraordinary about humanity.

What Tolstoy actually said about intelligence

“The more intelligent a person is, the more he discovers kindness in others,” Tolstoy is widely credited as having written. “For nothing enriches the world more than kindness. It makes mysterious things clear, difficult things........

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