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A child gets sick with a chronic disease of unhappiness not from unhappy circumstances but from unhappy people around him. Unhappy people cannot raise happy children; it’s impossible.

— Simon Soloveychik Pedagogika dlya vseh (Parenting For Everyone) (1977)

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

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

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

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

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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.

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