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Leo Tolstoy
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January 24 - January 25, 2021
man was once asked, “What is the most important time in your life?” He answered, “The present moment, because you are the master of your life only in the present.”
All you have to do is live your life, avoid the bad, and try to do only what is good.
We should desire only things done in the present.
Concentrating on your present desires — this is real life.
For faith, you need to believe that your life is
mind in which your actions are driven not by the things of this temporary life but rather by the things of eternal, limitless life.
The voice of your passions can be louder than that of your conscience. Your passions speak differently — they scream at you — whereas your conscience
speaks to you in a quiet but firm voice. — WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
The more you forget yourself, the more God will enter inside of you.
Love works in the same way; nothing can resist love. — HENRY DAVID THOREAU
someone is guilty of doing something bad to you, you can respond in two ways. First, you can seek revenge and feel cold and hard. Second, you can forgive and feel joy. Which would you rather do?
The joy of a wise and kind person lies in his conscience, not on the lips of others.
He does not recognize that the inner growth and inner merits of his spirit are more important
Real power is displayed when you forgive those who treat you with evil. For then you
Neither praise nor judge yourself before others. Mind the voice of your conscience and not the judgments of others.
Wealth is relative. By itself, it means nothing, like a numerator without a denominator in a fraction.
things that he really does not need. — ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
An old Chinese man said that to climb a tall mountain, you need to make the first small step. This small task is a practical teaching of unification and love.
Never be ashamed to ask the things you do not know.
scholarly person is one who has read many books; an educated person is one who knows what is popular among people. Do not try to be scholarly or educated, but be yourself.
Do not be afraid of a lack of education; do not be afraid of hesitations. Instead, be afraid of this: pretendi...
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Nothing can weaken a person more than the belief that something other than his own effort is needed to find goodness.
The more I live, the more I understand the wisdom in doing nothing.
It is said to work even with wild animals — they do not touch you if you lie down and stay motionless. It also works in dealing with angry people.
The real force of a person is not found in active physical work but in complete inner balance and calm.
The more you hurry, the less you will get done.
But you will regret ninety-nine times out of a hundred that you spoke instead of keeping silent.
Often silence is the wisest of answers.
The bad thought that precedes an evil deed is worse than the act itself.
The decision to transfer the focus of our life from the physical to the spiritual is made by conscious thought.
Wisdom is important for all and can be achieved if you follow the law of God, which we know in our conscience. It is more important than any personal desire. Great thoughts come from the heart.
only in the present. It is all that truly belongs to us.
There is life only in the present, and the present cannot disappear.
“Why does life exist?” Evil exists because life exists. Life reveals itself in eradicating evil.
Everything is done for good: illness, poverty, shame, or other troubles. Only these reveal our spiritual foundations to us.
Evil is goodness that is not properly understood.
why do we not prepare for death? The best way to do so is to live a good life. The better you live your life, the less you will fear death.
The longer a person lives, the more his life will be revealed to him. The unknown becomes known,
No one tells us that a person who goes away and fails to write does not exist. We just know that we do not receive news from him. The same happens with the people who die.
Joy in life is a quality found in animals, children, and saints.
Buddha said that a person who places religion first in his life is like a man who brings a lamp into a dark
house. The darkness disappears, and the light comes in. When you persist in looking for truth, you will achieve enlightenment.
We feel bad because we know lots of unnecessary things but do not know the most important — ourselves. If only we could remember the spirit living within us, our lives would be completely different.
Life suddenly becomes very simple when people set as their main task not their numerous individual goals, but the one major goal — helping one another, and living by the spirit that unites us all. If you feel bad, feel
You can love God and understand His presence as soon as you grasp the fact that the material world is just an illusion, and only temporary.
In the same way, you cannot see God when you are blinded by the temptations of the world. Yet you know God exists, and He will reveal Himself in you.
Unity between individuals or whole nations cannot be achieved with talk but by striving toward understanding the truth, and applying it to life. Truth unites people.
This lesson is simple: we all have the same spirit inside of us, and we can all be united by love.
If you do not love people, your whole life becomes complex and difficult. If you begin to love people, everything in your life will become clear and easy.
The more people are busy with this in their daily lives, the less time they will have for the only true pleasure man has, love.
