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You lived for yourself and say you nearly ruined your life and only found happiness when you began living for others. I experienced just the reverse. I lived for glory—And after all what is glory? The same love of others, a desire to do something for them, a desire for their approval.—So I lived for others, and not almost, but quite, ruined my life. And I have become calmer since I began to live only for myself.
— Nov 06, 2023 03:16PM
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zaira
is on page 1377 of 1412
As in the question of astronomy then, so in the question of history now, the whole difference of opinion is based on the recognition or nonrecognition of something absolute, serving as the measure of visible phenomena.
In astronomy it was the immovability of the earth, in history it is the independence of personality—free will.
— Dec 27, 2023 01:40PM
In astronomy it was the immovability of the earth, in history it is the independence of personality—free will.
zaira
is on page 1363 of 1412
„A man having no freedom cannot be conceived of except as deprived of life.“
— Dec 27, 2023 01:04PM
zaira
is on page 1361 of 1412
This consciousness is a source of self-cognition quite apart from and independent of reason. Through his reason man observes himself, but only through consciousness does he know himself.
Apart from consciousness of self no observation or application of reason is conceivable.
To understand, observe, and draw conclusions, man must first of all be conscious of himself as living.
— Dec 27, 2023 01:02PM
Apart from consciousness of self no observation or application of reason is conceivable.
To understand, observe, and draw conclusions, man must first of all be conscious of himself as living.
zaira
is on page 1357 of 1412
What causes historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the collective will of the people transferred to one person. Under what condition is the will of the people delegated to one person? On condition that that person expresses the will of the whole people. That is, power is power: in other words, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.
— Dec 27, 2023 12:54PM
zaira
is on page 1331 of 1412
„For instance, he is collecting a library and has made it a rule not to buy a new book till he has read what he had already bought.”
nikolaj is so real for this
— Dec 27, 2023 10:42AM
nikolaj is so real for this
zaira
is on page 1314 of 1412
„How sweet!" said Countess Mary, looking at and playing with the baby. "Now, Nicholas," she added, turning to her husband, "I can't understand how it is you don't see the charm of these delicious marvels."
"I don't and can't," replied Nicholas, looking coldly at the baby. "A lump of flesh. “
💀💀 he’s wild
— Dec 27, 2023 06:36AM
"I don't and can't," replied Nicholas, looking coldly at the baby. "A lump of flesh. “
💀💀 he’s wild
zaira
is on page 1274 of 1412
"You love him?"
"Yes," whispered Natasha.
"Then why are you crying? I am happy for your sake.”
— Dec 27, 2023 05:42AM
"Yes," whispered Natasha.
"Then why are you crying? I am happy for your sake.”
zaira
is on page 1249 of 1412
He felt like a man who after straining his eyes to see into the far distance finds what he sought at his very feet. All his life he had looked over the heads of the men around him, when he should have merely looked in front of him without straining his eyes.
— Dec 27, 2023 04:45AM
zaira
is on page 1220 of 1412
And again in a futile struggle with reality her mother, refusing to believe that she could live when her beloved boy was killed in the bloom of life, escaped from reality into a world of delirium.
this book is destroying my soul
— Dec 27, 2023 03:52AM
this book is destroying my soul
zaira
is on page 1215 of 1412
To them the words of Miloradovich seem very interesting, and so do their surmises and the rewards this or that general received; but the question of those fifty thousand men who were left in hospitals and in graves does not even interest them, for it does not come within the range of their investigation.
— Dec 26, 2023 12:49PM
