The temerity to believe in nothing.
IVAN TURGENEVA son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.
More Ivan Turgenev Quotes
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So long as one’s just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.
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Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?
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Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he’s something innately superior, something eternal–and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
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I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
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To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.
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Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel.
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Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
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Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. “I don’t adopt any one’s ideas; I have my own.
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Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
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I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.
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You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.
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A person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it.
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I was afraid of looking into my heart…afraid of thinking seriously about anything…I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to admit to myself that I was not loved.
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It’s all romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her.
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