Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and-such an action; but as soon as he does it, this action, committed at a certain moment in time, becomes irreversible, and makes itself the property of history, in which is has not a free but a predestined significance. Leo Tolstoy
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This quote is a great example for how we can all learn from history and use it to better ourselves. If each person used the freedom that they had to make their own decisions and did whatever it took to get whatever they wanted, we would be a very different place today. The idea of using free will to make our own decisions and then following through on those decisions is a common theme of this teachable moment.

Source: War And Peace

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