"Our life and our purpose in life resemble something good, necessary for people, which is realized by a force incomprehensible to them. Let's imagine that something is being built. People cannot understand what and how, but they know that they have to move the materials in a certain direction: stones, sand, lime, wood, iron. and if people do that, it is good and easy for them. Some actually do it knowing that something is being built, others without even knowing it. There are some lazy people who just don't do the right thing, and they feel bad. They are diligent but confident people who think they know what they are working for, and either they don't carry the materials where they are told, or they start building the wrong thing.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Our life and our purpose in life resemble something good, necessary for people, which is realized by a force incomprehensible to them. Let's imagine that something is being built. People cannot understand what and how, but they know that they have to move the materials in a certain direction: stones, sand, lime, wood, iron. and if people do that, it is good and easy for them. Some actually do it knowing that something is being built, others without even knowing it. There are some lazy people who just don't do the right thing, and they feel bad. They are diligent but confident people who think they know what they are working for, and either they don't carry the materials where they are told, or they start building the wrong thing.
""Viața noastră și rostul nostru în viața seamănă cu ceva bun, necesar oamenilor, care se înfăptuiește printr-o forță de neînțeles pentru ei. Să ne închipuim că se construiește ceva. Oamenii nu pot înțelege ce și cum, dar știu că trebuie să care într-o anumită direcție materialele: pietre, nisip, var, lemn, fier. și dacă oamenii fac asta, le este bine și ușor. Unii de fapt o fac știind ca se construiește ceva, alții fără să știe nici măcar asta. Sunt unii oameni leneși, care pur și simplu nu fac ce trebuie, și le e rău. Sunt oameni sârguincioși, dar încrezuți, care cred că știu de ce lucrează, și fie nu cară materialele unde li s-a spus, fie încep să construiască ce nu trebuie."