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Alexander Herzen Quotes

Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means, she despises nothing, never lies for the sake of a pose, and conceals nothing out of coquetry. She stops before the facts as an investigator, sometimes as a physician, never as an executioner, and still less with hostility and irony Picture Quote #1

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will Picture Quote #1

I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement Picture Quote #1

People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations Picture Quote #1

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying Picture Quote #1

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop Picture Quote #1

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It seems to me that you are solving a problem which goes beyond the limits of physiology in too simple a way. Physiology has realized its problem with fortitude, breaking man down into endless actions and counteractions and reducing him to a crossing, a vortex of reflex acts. Let it now permit sociology to restore him as a whole. Sociology will wrest man from the anatomical theatre and return him to history Picture Quote #1

History is the autobiography of a madman Picture Quote #1

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live Picture Quote #1

To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius Picture Quote #1

I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought Picture Quote #1

It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this Picture Quote #1

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Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it Picture Quote #1

Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it Picture Quote #1

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security Picture Quote #1

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others Picture Quote #1

I believe what I write to be the truth... every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about Picture Quote #1

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined Picture Quote #1

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False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks Picture Quote #1

Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development Picture Quote #1

There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it Picture Quote #1

Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing Picture Quote #1

The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie Picture Quote #1

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive! Picture Quote #1

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We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy Picture Quote #1

This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us Picture Quote #1

A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show Picture Quote #1

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas Picture Quote #1

We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation Picture Quote #1

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Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means, she despises nothing, never lies for the sake of a pose, and conceals nothing out of coquetry. She stops before the facts as an investigator, sometimes as a physician, never as an executioner, and still less with hostility and irony (Alexander Herzen Quotes) All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will (Alexander Herzen Quotes) I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement (Alexander Herzen Quotes) People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations (Alexander Herzen Quotes) No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying (Alexander Herzen Quotes) The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop (Alexander Herzen Quotes) It seems to me that you are solving a problem which goes beyond the limits of physiology in too simple a way. Physiology has realized its problem with fortitude, breaking man down into endless actions and counteractions and reducing him to a crossing, a vortex of reflex acts. Let it now permit sociology to restore him as a whole. Sociology will wrest man from the anatomical theatre and return him to history (Alexander Herzen Quotes) History is the autobiography of a madman (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live (Alexander Herzen Quotes) To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius (Alexander Herzen Quotes) I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought (Alexander Herzen Quotes) It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but the puny boatmen do not know how to fish for it (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others (Alexander Herzen Quotes) I believe what I write to be the truth... every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined (Alexander Herzen Quotes) False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development (Alexander Herzen Quotes) There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it (Alexander Herzen Quotes) Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing (Alexander Herzen Quotes) The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie (Alexander Herzen Quotes) What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive! (Alexander Herzen Quotes) We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy (Alexander Herzen Quotes) This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us (Alexander Herzen Quotes) A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show (Alexander Herzen Quotes) You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas (Alexander Herzen Quotes) We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation (Alexander Herzen Quotes)