The following entry is from A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul by Leo Tolstoy and translated by Peter Sekirin.

February 16:

The younger and more primitive a person is, the more he or she believes that life is material and that it exists only in the body. The older and wiser a person becomes, the more he or she understands that all life originates from the spirit.

Look at the sky, and at the earth, and think that all things pass. All of the mountains and rivers you see, and all the forms of life, and all creations of nature, all pass, Then you will understand the truth; you will see what remains, what does not pass.

- BUDDHIST WISDOM

Remember that you are not mortal; only your body is mortal. What is alive is not your body but the spirit living in your body. An unseen force guides your body, just as an unseen force guides the world.

- After MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

A person can understand his real destination in life only after he manages to liberate himself from the sensual, material world.

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