

“I am nothing but I must be everything.”
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

“We're always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this, you suddenly find just a little room there, something like a village bath-house, grimy, and spiders in every corner, and that's all eternity is. Sometimes, you know, I can't help feeling that that's what it is.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment

“For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984

“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
― Tuesdays With Morrie
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