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You should live your life as if you are ready to say good-bye to it at any moment, as if the time left you is some pleasant surprise. —MARCUS AURELIUS

A person who sails far from the shore can see some shore-lines or cliffs. But when sailors go really far away from the shore, they can be guided only by the stars high up in the sky, and the compass which indicates their direction, and both these things are given to us.

No matter how low a person may fall, he will always be able to see that perfection toward which he should move. —Tolstoy

There is nothing more attractive than humbleness and kindness. But you should not seek kindness which advertises itself. —Tolstoy

Religious teaching, that is, the explanation of the purpose and meaning of life, should be the basis of any education. —Tolstoy

Clever people study in order to know more. Undeserving people study to be more known. —EASTERN WISDOM

A person may not know the purpose of his life, but he should know how to live. —Tolstoy

A person can fulfill his purpose in life equally as well in illness as in health. —Tolstoy

Constant idleness should be included in the tortures of hell, but it is, on the contrary, considered to be one of the joys of paradise. —CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU

“The understanding of the existence of God is accessible to everybody…” —Tolstoy

“In any struggle true bravery lies within those who know that God is their ally.” —Tolstoy