1818: Why Nothing in This World Satisfies Us

Wisdom of the Sages by David Ramella

Sep 11, 202658:31Religion & Spirituality

Voltaire — the greatest writer of the French Enlightenment wrote that there is a dim flame burning in every heart — an intuition that somewhere there is a home, a happiness that is real and lasting. We spend our lives ch...

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