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Scheduled as Daily Quote: 1908-12-18
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Personality is only the memory of the past and the desire for the future. As soon as we have neither, time no longer exists, life is lived in the timeless moment of the present, there is no personality, only the basis of life, love, God. This is what it would be like if man could completely rid himself of memories and desires. In life, only closeness is possible, the fewer memories and desires there are, that is, the more destroyed, the weaker the personality, the more God - love is manifested in life, the more you live outside of time and have consciousness the fact that it is not you who moves, but the world, so that you can know it.

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Personality is only the memory of the past and the desire for the future. As soon as we have neither, time no longer exists, life is lived in the timeless moment of the present, there is no personality, only the basis of life, love, God. This is what it would be like if man could completely rid himself of memories and desires. In life, only closeness is possible, the fewer memories and desires there are, that is, the more destroyed, the weaker the personality, the more God - love is manifested in life, the more you live outside of time and have consciousness the fact that it is not you who moves, but the world, so that you can know it.

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Romanian

"Personalitatea e numai amintire despre trecut și dorinta in viitor. De îndată ce nu avem nici una, nici alta, nu mai exista timpul, viața e trăită în momentul atemporal al prezentului, nu exista nici personalitate, ci doar temeiul vieții, iubirea, Dumnezeu. Așa ar fi dacă omul s-ar putea dezbăra pe deplin de amintiri și dorințe. În viața e posibilă doar apropierea, cu cât sunt mai puține amintiri și dorințe, adică cu cât e mai distrusă, mai slăbită personalitatea, cu atât se manifestă mai mult în viața Dumnezeu - iubirea, cu atât mai mult trăiești în afara timpului și ai conștiința faptului că nu tu ești cel care se misca, ci lumea, pentru ca tu s-o poți cunoaște."

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