Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

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"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"We are asleep until we fall in love!"

- Leo Tolstoy

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"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."

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"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer a great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."

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"The true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."

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"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."

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"That it shall not be just a day, But last a lifetime through, The miracle of Christmastime That brings God close to you."

- Ann Schultz

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"Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King."

- Joy to the World

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"Christmas magic is silent. You don't hear it–you feel it. You know it. You believe it."

- Kevin Alan Milne

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