Sublime

« Trois jours et trois nuits de souffrances atroces, et la mort! Mais cela peut m’arriver tout de suite, à chaque instant, à moi aussi! » pensa-t-il. Et, pour un moment, il eut peur. Mais aussitôt, sans trop savoir comment, l’idée lui revint que tout ceci était arrive à Ivan Ilitch et non pas à lui, et qu’à lui-même cela ne devait et ne pouvait arr

We live a senseless life, contrary to the understanding of life by the wisest people of all times. This happens because our young generations are educated in the wrong way—they are taught different sciences but they are not taught the meaning of life.

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The improvement of man can be measured by the level of his inner freedom. The more a person becomes free from his personality, the more freedom he has.

Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only—then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.

The purpose of a human life is to bring the irrational beginning of our life to a rational beginning. In order to succeed in this, two things are important: (1) to see all irrational, unwise things in life and direct your attention to them and study them; (2) to understand the possibility of a rational, wise life. The major purpose of all teachers

“What can be more precious than to communicate every day with the wisest men of the world?”

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