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To know God and to live is one and the same thing. God is life.

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The idea of seeking help in her difficulty in religion was as remote from her as seeking help from Alexey Alexandrovitch himself, although she had nev...more

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Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child.

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If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effe...more

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You are all misleading one another, and are yourselves deceived. The sun does not go round the earth, but the earth goes round the sun, revolving as i...more

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The position occupied by Toporóff, involving as it did an incongruity of purpose, could only be held by a dull man devoid of moral sensibility. Toporó...more

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Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or cannot do such-and...more

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You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.

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He had learned that, as there is no situation in the world in which a man can be happy and perfectly free, so there is no situation in which he can be...more

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Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.

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It never before happened that the rich ruling and more educated minority, which has the most influence on the masses, not only disbelieved the existin...more