Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you'd think it was champagne.
("Notes from Underground")
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One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!Fyodor Dostoyevsky
To consider freedom as directly dependent on the number of man's requirements and the extent of their immediate satisfaction shows a twisted understanding of human nature, for such an interpretation only breeds in men a multitude of senseless, stupid desires and habits and endless preposterous inventions.
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Hate not those who reject you, who insult you, who abuse and slander you. Hate not the atheists, the teachers of evil, the materialists--and I mean not only the good ones--for there are many good ones among them, especially in our day--hate not even the wicked ones.
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I maintain that he is in his right mind, and that if he had not been, he would have behaved more cleverly.
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If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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As for my personal opinion, to love only prosperity is even somehow unseemly. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, smashing something is occasionally very pleasant too.
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