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There is only one time that is important -- NOW! It is the most important time because it is the only time hat we have any power.

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Leo Tolstoy
Age: 82 †
Born: 1828
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: January 1
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To love life is to love God. Harder and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, in undeserved sufferings.
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In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it.
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The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.
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Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.
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