The Awakening The Resurrection
People live by love: love of yourself is the beginning of death; love of other people and of God is the beginning of life.
Leo Tolstoy • A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
"What dwells in man I already knew. Now I learnt what is not given him. It is not given to man to know his own needs.
Leo Tolstoy • The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
in the third month of Ivan Ilych's illness, his wife, his daughter, his son, his acquaintances, the doctors, the servants, and above all he himself, were aware that the whole interest he had for other people was whether he would soon vacate his place, and at last release the living from the discomfort caused by his presence and be himself released
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We must become aware of our lives not through our individual selves, but through the spirit of God which dwells in each of us. Tolstoy