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First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling. W...more

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Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.

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The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and...more

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In other words, I have tried to learn in my writing a monastic lesson I could probably not have learned otherwise: to let go of my idea of myself, to ...more

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

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For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God's will, to be what God wants us to be.

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Our Christian destiny is, in fact, a great one: but we cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great. For our own idea of greatn...more

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We must be willing to accept the bitter truth that, in the end, we may have to become a burden to those who love us. But it is necessary that we face ...more

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If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.