“... questions which weren't solved by diplomats, would be less solved with powder and blood.”
― The Sebastopol Sketches
― The Sebastopol Sketches
“Although throughout these painful moments it had never occurred to him to seek guidance from religion, now that his decision coincided - so he thought - with the requirements of religion, the fact of there being a religious sanction for his decision gave him entire satisfaction and some comfort.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Life is now given to man at the cost of pain and fear. Here, they are blinded by this sometimes. Now man is not yet that man. There will be another, new person, happy and proud, and for him it wouldn’t matter the death-life. He who overcomes pain and fear will become God himself. There will not be that God any longer.”
― Demons
― Demons
“إن المحبّة هي العامل الوحيد الذي يستطيع الجمع بين القلوب، والدموع الصادقة هي الوحيدة التي تمحو الخطايا، والتوبة الصادقة الصادرة عن قلب سليم وطيّب كفيلة بتقويم كل اعوجاج.”
― الإخوة كارامازوف 1
― الإخوة كارامازوف 1
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