Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.
("War and Peace")
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There was within him a deep unexpressed conviction that all would be well, but that one must not trust to this and still less speak about it, but must only attend to one's own work. And he did his work, giving his whole strength to the task.Leo Tolstoy
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You,
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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.
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It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of man, which is absurd in our day. It is true, I deny the sacrilegious story of a God born of a virgin to redeem the race.
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You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.
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