At last he moved up to Pierre and, taking the kerchief that lay on the table, again bound his eyes.

"For the last time I say to you--turn all your attention upon yourself, put a bridle on your senses, and seek blessedness, not in passion but in your own heart.

The source of blessedness is not without us but within....

" Pierre had already long been feeling in himself that refreshing source of blessedness which now flooded his heart with glad emotion.