"You want to serve others, the worker wants to work. But to work usefully, you must have tools, and it is not enough to have them, they must also be good. What are you, with all your qualities, character, habits, knowledge, are you a good tool to serve people? You must not serve men, but God, and His service is clear, precise. It means increasing the love in you. By increasing the love within you, you cannot but serve people, and you will serve in such a way that it will benefit you and people and God.
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Author
Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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You want to serve others, the worker wants to work. But to work usefully, you must have tools, and it is not enough to have them, they must also be good. What are you, with all your qualities, character, habits, knowledge, are you a good tool to serve people? You must not serve men, but God, and His service is clear, precise. It means increasing the love in you. By increasing the love within you, you cannot but serve people, and you will serve in such a way that it will benefit you and people and God.
""Tu vrei să slujești altora, lucrătorul vrea să muncească. Dar pentru a munci cu folos, trebuie să ai unelte, și nu ajunge să le ai, trebuie ca ele să fie și bune. Ce reprezinți tu, cu toate calitățile, caracterul, obiceiurile, cunoștințele tale, ești tu o unealtă buna pentru a sluji oamenilor? Nu trebuie să slujești oamenilor, ci lui Dumnezeu, iar slujirea Lui este limpede, precisă. Ea înseamnă sporirea iubirii din tine. Sporind iubirea din tine, nu poți să nu slujesti oamenilor și vei sluji în așa fel încât îți va fi de folos și ție și oamenilor și lui Dumnezeu."