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Strive for goodness without any expectations for rapid or noticeable success. You will not see the results of your efforts, because the further you progress, the higher the ideal of perfection toward which you strive rises. The effort of striving for goodness, the process itself, justifies our lives. —Tolstoy

“You cannot be completely just. One time you do too little, the other time you do too much. There is only one way not to sin against justice; always to change things, to improve things, to make them better.” —Leo Tolstoy

Do not be interested in the quantity of people who respect and admire you, but in their quality. If bad people dislike you, so much the better. —LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA

The man who cannot forgive destroys a bridge which he will have to cross, because every person needs forgiveness. —EDWARD HERBERT

“The more people believe that others can improve their lives, the slower any improvement will occur.” —Leo Tolstoy

“Never try to justify your deeds.” —Leo Tolstoy

The improvement of society can be achieved only by the moral improvement of individuals. —Tolstoy

Unless you yourself are sinless, do not say a single word about the sins of others, but be quiet. —Tolstoy

Suffering is the necessary condition for spiritual and physical growth.

You should look in suffering for the seeds of your future spiritual growth, or the bitterness of suffering will be severe.

—Tolstoy

Confront difficulties while they are still easy, then, and tackle a big thing when it is still small. —LAO-TZU