There is only one way to salvation, and that is to make yourself responsible for all men's sins. As soon as you make yourself responsible in all sincerity for everything and for everyone, you will see at once that this is really so, and that you are in fact to blame for everyone and for all things.
("The Brothers Karamazov")
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Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well.
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He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly.
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A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of hatred.
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But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.
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Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it.
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