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November 23, 2007
true vocation
People should be freed from heavy physical labor. We need to lighten their load and give them some breathing space, so that they don’t spend their entire lives by the stove, at the trough, or in the field, but have time to think about their souls, about God, and can develop spiritually. The greatest duty of any person with a spiritual life must be to keep searching for truth and for the meaning of life. Make all this physical labor unnecessary, give them a taste of freedom…As soon as people acknowledge their true vocation, it will be satisfied only by religion, science, or art, and certainly not by these petty things.
Chekhov - The House with the Mezzanine
Posted by amin at November 23, 2007 10:38 PM