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How am I to renounce for ever all evil thoughts, so as in peace to fulfil Thy will?" And God's answer was, "Desire nothing for thyself, be not covetous, anxious, envious. The future of men and thy destiny too myst be unknown for thee; but live that thou mayest be ready for all. If it shall be God's will to prove thee in the duties of marriage, be ready to obey His will.

I am reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It is an extremely long book with many characters. They have very confusing names such as Kutozov, Bolkonsky, Ippolit, Demosthenes, Auersperg, and more I can not remember. One of the signposts that I have found is words of the wiser, Princess Marya us asking, "My God, how am I to subdue in my heart these temptings of the devil?