"Is it proper for youth to want what I want (salvation of the soul), closeness to God? It is clear to me that I cannot wish for anything else, because I am facing death. But to young people, poor things, it seems to them that there are many things worthy of being desired, besides this, the only necessary one.
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Author
Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Is it proper for youth to want what I want (salvation of the soul), closeness to God? It is clear to me that I cannot wish for anything else, because I am facing death. But to young people, poor things, it seems to them that there are many things worthy of being desired, besides this, the only necessary one.
""Oare e propriu tinereții să dorească ce doresc eu (mântuirea sufletului), apropierea de Dumnezeu? Îmi este limpede că nu pot să-mi doresc altceva, pentru că mă aflu în fața morții. Dar tinerilor, bieții de ei, li se pare că sunt multe lucruri demne de a fi dorite, în afara de acesta, singurul necesar."