TO DECIDE TO SERVE GOD
It is my right to decide whether to serve god or not to serve him. But by serving him I increase my own good and the good of the entire world. By not serving him, I destroy my own good and all the good that I could have created”. The city of God is built in virtue of the love of god, to the extent of disdain for oneself. The terrestrial city is built on self love, to the extent of disdain for God”

LEV TOLSTOJ