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[Alexandr Korol]

But virtues, they are the very essence of everything, the foundation of foundations. Just imagine: the top 4 worst qualities in a person are gluttony, laziness, aggression, and something else, probably lust. There’s a sort of top list. And now imagine — let’s take laziness, negativity toward everything, meaning lack of love, laziness, and gluttony. Imagine a person becomes a hostage to this — not that they wanted it, of course, but they just can’t help it — it’s like a weed that’s grown through them. Of course, there are reasons for everything; those are just the consequences. And it’s hard for people, because if someone has deeply inflated laziness and other sins, that person struggles, they live only by instinct. Someone lives constantly in envy, someone in laziness, someone in greed, someone spends their whole life in despair. They can’t do anything about it. It becomes just a part of who they are. But! But! Imagine not just that this person didn’t have those bad qualities, but on top of that, imagine they possessed bright qualities. You can’t even imagine what kind of power that is. Yes, young people might watch movies and dream about walking through walls, flying, being immortal — but what’s the point of all that — flying and walking through walls — if your spirit is weak? If your head is a mess and you’re ruled by animal instincts — raw, primitive instincts — then of course it’s very powerful when, imagine, you wake up and feel a tremendous, genuine confidence. Not the kind of confidence where someone takes risks and walks along the edge of a skyscraper. No, that’s not confidence — that’s some kind of madness born of sin. I mean the kind of confidence where you’re goal-oriented and ready to work hard. Even fatigue — that’s really laziness. Now imagine people who possess bright qualities, virtues: faith, hope, love. These luminous traits, in addition to virtues — well, all of it together — when a person is rich in these qualities, they never even get tired, they don’t get sick, because their spirit is strong. They don’t feel fatigue. They never need to sit down in public transport. They’ll always stand and give up their seat. They don’t think about food, because only fussy people, full of sin, are constantly craving food and fussing about it. But this kind of person doesn’t care. They’ll eat a piece of bread, drink a glass of milk or water, and move on. And all they do is work, work, work, work, work. And they never feel bored with life. They don’t have any dissatisfaction with themselves, or their life, or their parents. Such parasitic thoughts simply don’t exist in them. But he, on the contrary, loves everything, values everything, he’s happy —