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Leo Tolstoy
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January 24 - January 25, 2021
You will find peace when you live both your spiritual and physical lives among others.
Do not concern yourself whether others love you or not. Love, and you will be loved by others.
When we love others, we unite with God, and with everything
Love others not for your personal benefit but because love brings you happiness.
This process of ridding yourself of sin, mistakes, and prejudices is the true life, and the true good for everyone.
The first voice says to listen to others; the second voice, listen to your inner spirit. You make the right choice when you listen to your second voice, your true inner voice.
remember this passion is not a part of your spirit and you can free yourself from it.
As a rule, this passion is ...
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getting in touch with your inner spirit. When you rid yourself of it, you will be reun...
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As soon as an animal receives what it needs for its body, it calms down. However, humans never have enough to satisfy their hunger. We invent ever
is difficult to imagine the positive, wholesome changes that can happen in your life if you stop poisoning
it with wine, vodka, tobacco, and drugs.
The less you wish for, the happier you will be. This is an old truth, but not one accepted a...
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The rich who give to charities are hypocrites, as the very money they give is often snatched from the hands of even poorer people.
A compassionate man is never rich. But a rich man has no compassion.
Poverty would disappear if everyone was seeking truth and the kingdom of
The major purpose of your life is to improve your spirit. Yet
Without accepting the equality of man, there can be no true love.
We often judge other people. We call someone kind, another evil, the third stupid,
A person flows like a river. Every day, he may be different. The stupid grow smart, ...
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so on. You can judge a man for his past, but he is already diffe...
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The benefit of serving God, when compared to serving men, is that with men, you want to appear before others better than you really are. It is different with God.
You cannot just pretend to be better but truly have to become better in His eyes.
Asking how many times you need to forgive is like asking a recovering alcoholic how many times he should refuse a drink while constantly being offered one. If
through nonviolent, peaceful means.
God especially loves those who forgive the abuser, especially if the abuser is at your mercy.
instead of saving the world, everyone tried to save themselves, they could achieve a great deal more
A dreamer can often see the future in his dreams but doesn’t want to wait for it to come. He wants to move it closer by force during his lifetime, even if these changes would naturally come about over thousands of years.
true. You do not need to do anything unusual or extraordinary, just make a constant effort.
Prayer reminds you who you are and what your purpose is in
There is no shame or harm in not knowing something. You should be ashamed and embarrassed when you pretend to know what you actually
It is the quality, and not the quantity, of knowledge that is important.
However, they will not get the answer to the most important questions: “Who am I?” and “How should I live my life?”
You can be a clever man without a single book, but if you believe all that is written in books, you can quickly become a fool.
The person who puts his life into understanding the world and its purpose will never have desperate situations. He does not need a noisy society; he has enough inner work.
You can have a good life if you constantly think about it. You should develop the ability to always do good.
You cannot force yourself to love, but you can remove the obstacles to love.
The more you are satisfied with yourself, the less you are satisfied with others.
person who loves himself has little competition. — GEORGE C. LICHTENBERG
The more complicated the life around you, the more you need your intelligence to find the solutions.
Truth will be your light. Truth will be your shelter. Seek support only in truth. — BUDDHIST PROVERB Truth is brief. Lies speak with many words.
be astonished at how many empty and unnecessary words were spoken.
Wisdom is the knowledge of what is good in this life, and following it.
Wisdom comes in two ways: first, through spiritual growth achieved in solitude, and second, while communicating and discussing with others.
the summit of your conscious life, yo...
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suffering liberates you from evil.
You get no closer to God than during times of misfortune and trouble. Try to take advantage of such times, as they will bring you good.
You can fight your bad habits only today, not tomorrow.
the long run, the complexity of our lives leads to an increase of love and, therefore, an increase of good as well.
there is something similar about all men, it is the spirit.
