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The chief attraction of military service has consisted and will consist in this compulsory and irreproachable idleness.

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In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.

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The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

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The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

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Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid

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Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about.

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God is the same everywhere.

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The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity by contributing to the establishment of the kingdom of God, which can only be done by the recognition and profession of the truth by every man.

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He knew she was there by the joy and terror that took possession of his heart [...] Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.

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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

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the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982

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There is only one way to put an end to evil, and that is to do good for evil.

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If Mormonism is able to endure, unmodified, until it reaches the third and fourth generation, it is destined to become the greatest power the world has ever known.

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If a man, before he passed from one stage to another, could know his future life in full detail, he would have nothing to live for. It is the same with the life of humanity. If it had a programme of the life which awaited it before entering a new stage, it would be the surest sign that it was not living, nor advancing, but simply rotating in the same place.

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The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful.

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There is one evident, indubitable manifestation of the Divinity, and that is the laws of right which are made known to the world through Revelation.

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You can't imagine what a pleasure this complete laziness is to me: not a thought in my brain- you might send a ball rolling through it!

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A person who has spoiled his stomach will criticize his meal saying that the food is bad; the same thing happens with people who are not satisfied with their lives

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Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers.

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Either you are so underdeveloped that you can't see all that you can do, or you won't sacrifice your ease, your vanity, or whatever it is, to do it.

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