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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
English (Source)
And in moments of weakness and moments of strength I like to say: Help me, God... And I think no one hears me, but I say it anyway. And it occurred to me: if the attitude of the beginning of all towards me is like my attitude towards the parts of my body, so that I can by the power of will be conscious of one part or another of my body, why not I imagine that just as I can, if I want, insert myself, my consciousness, into my hand, my foot, my finger, so also the One from whom I ask for help can, if he wants, insert Himself, His consciousness , in His particle, in me, in my soul imprisoned in the body? (All this is a fantasy, but a pleasant one.) If so, just as the suffering of one part of my body awakens the consciousness of that part, so my suffering, of my whole being, awakens in God the consciousness of my "I." How can you not wish for suffering?