There is only one thing in this world 

which is worth dedicating all your life. 

This is 

creating more love among people 

and destroying barriers 

which exist between them.

Leo Tolstoy

When You Suffer

When you suffer, 

think not on how 

you can escape suffering, 

but concentrate your efforts 

on what kind of 

inner moral and spiritual 

perfection this suffering requires. 

All the misfortunes of mankind collectively and individually 

are not useless; 

they bring people and individuals 

and nations in different ways 

closer to the purpose 

which is set before them:

 the appearance of God, 

for every person in himself, 

and in all mankind.

Leo Tolstoy