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“La liberté spirituelle est la plus précieuse des conquêtes humaines. Elle constitue notre raison d'être, et sur ce point l'accord des religions et des philosophies est complet.”
― Jules Payot, L'apprentissage de l'art d'écrire

“Immersed in solitude, he would dream or read far into the night. By protracted contemplation of the same thoughts, his mind grew sharp, his vague, undeveloped ideas took on form.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

“There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov