"Strive to be purer yourself, like the glass of the window through which the divine light shines. Keep yourself clean. Perhaps a little old lady's talk or deed will have a greater effect than preaching to thousands of people. How and by what we act does not depend on our power, but on God's power. Let not my will, but Your will be done, not what I want, but what You want.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Strive to be purer yourself, like the glass of the window through which the divine light shines. Keep yourself clean. Perhaps a little old lady's talk or deed will have a greater effect than preaching to thousands of people. How and by what we act does not depend on our power, but on God's power. Let not my will, but Your will be done, not what I want, but what You want.
""Străduiește-te să fii tu însuți mai curat, ca geamul ferestrei prin care străbate lumina Dumnezeiască. Păstrează-ți curăția. Poate o discuție sau o faptă legată de o bătrână neînsemnată vor avea un efect mai mare decât propovăduirea în fața a mii de oameni. Cum și prin ce acționăm nu ține de puterea noastră, ci de puterea lui Dumnezeu. Fie ca nu voia mea, ci voia Ta să se împlinească, nu ce vreau eu, ci ce vrei Tu."