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Imagine a man who doesn't believe in anything, hope for anything, doesn't love anyone. This is a description of a dead or paralyzed soul. This happens from great grief, or from an unhappy upbringing when parents make from their children's souls paralytics.

— Simon Soloveychik Parenting for Everyone (1989)

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A man can be compelled to do anything, but his soul cannot be forced.

Parenting for Everyone (1989)

The feeling of love - is a fervent desire of goodness to a man.

Parenting for Everyone (1989)

Happiness does not depend on the size or content of a goal, but on the strength of the desire to have it.

Parenting for Everyone (1989)

The word "truth" applies to a man's dignity.

Parenting for Everyone (1989)

To see a man as beautiful – means to make him really beautiful. There is no cunning, no deceit; this happens every time, everyone knows that.

Pedagogika dlya vseh (Parenting For Everyone) (1977)

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