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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
English (Source)
The bell, letters have arrived... From an old habit I am waiting for something from the outside: a pleasant person is coming, some good news in a letter. I wait and at the same time I know very well that nothing good can come to me from outside. I cannot even think of who outside, what man and what news could bring me real joy. What can make me happy? What can I wish for? Only one thing, which I can offer myself: an increasing closeness to God, merging with Him. I'm not in a good mood; what joy can I give myself? I can offer myself a joy, even now, and a great one: to overcome this disposition, to use it to learn even during it not to interrupt communication with God.