"... It is not true that the temptation of worldly glory leaves a man at the moment of death, often it is the other way around, in these moments it intensifies, as in all vain heroic deeds. Vanity is the driving force in almost everything. Yes, vanity, the thought of worldly glory is one of the main obstacles to devoting your life to the service of the spiritual foundation outside of you and within you: from outside you understanding more and more clearly His requirements, and from you subordinating your life more and more to these requirements.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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... It is not true that the temptation of worldly glory leaves a man at the moment of death, often it is the other way around, in these moments it intensifies, as in all vain heroic deeds. Vanity is the driving force in almost everything. Yes, vanity, the thought of worldly glory is one of the main obstacles to devoting your life to the service of the spiritual foundation outside of you and within you: from outside you understanding more and more clearly His requirements, and from you subordinating your life more and more to these requirements.
""... Nu-i adevărat că ispita gloriei lumești îl părăsește pe om în momentul morții, adesea e invers, în clipele acestea se intensifică, ca și în toate faptele eroice deșarte. Aproape în toate motorul e vanitatea. Da, vanitatea, gândul la gloria lumeasca e unul dintre obstacolele principale în calea dăruirii vieții tale pentru slujirea temeiului spiritual din afara ta și din tine: din afara ta înțelegând tot mai limpede cerințele Lui, iar din tine subordonându-ți tot mai mult viața acestor cerințe."