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Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes

Death, that final evil, is one of the paths to eternity. Endless life in the conditions of our existence would be a nightmare Picture Quote #1

In every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free Picture Quote #1

Philosophy... is the creative perception by the spirit of the meaning of human existence Picture Quote #1

...in the third epoch the divinity of man’s creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power Picture Quote #1

True life is creativity, not development: it is the freedom for creative acts, for creative fire, rather than necessity and the heaviness of congealing self-perfection Picture Quote #1

Self-realization is a process of permanent auto-creation, an elaboration of the new man at the expense of the old Picture Quote #1

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The Church is simply the path of history, and not the actual kingdom of God Picture Quote #1

The creation of the world is not only a process which moves from God to humanity. God demands newness from humanity; God awaits the works of human freedom Picture Quote #1

In sex we have the source of man’s true connection with the cosmos and of his servile dependence. The categories of sex, male and female, are cosmic categories, not merely anthropological categories Picture Quote #1

We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical atheism of everyday living, in indifference and torpor. We often encounter these forms of atheism among those who are formally Christians Picture Quote #1

Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to prevent their realization Picture Quote #1

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world Picture Quote #1

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Time is the product of changing realities, beings, existences Picture Quote #1

The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly Picture Quote #1

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one Picture Quote #1

Objectification is above all exteriorization, the alienation of spirit from itself Picture Quote #1

The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self Picture Quote #1

The physical union of the sexes... only intensifies man’s sense of solitude Picture Quote #1

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Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man Picture Quote #1

Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history Picture Quote #1

I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at truth as that I take my start from it Picture Quote #1

It is beyond dispute that the state exercises very great power over human life and it always shows a tendency to go beyond the limits laid down for it Picture Quote #1

There is no objective reality. But there is only an illusion of consciousness, there is only an objectivication of reality, which was created by the spirit. The origin of life is creativity, freedom; and the personality, subject, and spirit are the representatives of that origin, but not the nature, not the object Picture Quote #1

Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations. And since these problems have a universal significance, the sphere of ethics is wider than is generally supposed. It deals with meaning and value and its province is the world in which the distinction between good and evil is drawn, evaluations are made and meaning is sought Picture Quote #1

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Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of conscience that is of social origin Picture Quote #1

The will to originality is not the will to be peculiar and unlike anybody else; it means the desire to derive one’s consciousness from its primary source Picture Quote #1

I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads me to remember not so much the actual matter of the book as the thoughts evoked in my mind by it, directly or indirectly Picture Quote #1

Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme Picture Quote #1

Freedom is the power to create out of nothing, the power of the spirit to create out of itself Picture Quote #1

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Death, that final evil, is one of the paths to eternity. Endless life in the conditions of our existence would be a nightmare. (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) In every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Philosophy... is the creative perception by the spirit of the meaning of human existence. (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) ...in the third epoch the divinity of man’s creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power. (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) True life is creativity, not development: it is the freedom for creative acts, for creative fire, rather than necessity and the heaviness of congealing self-perfection. (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Self-realization is a process of permanent auto-creation, an elaboration of the new man at the expense of the old. (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The Church is simply the path of history, and not the actual kingdom of God (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The creation of the world is not only a process which moves from God to humanity. God demands newness from humanity; God awaits the works of human freedom (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) In sex we have the source of man’s true connection with the cosmos and of his servile dependence. The categories of sex, male and female, are cosmic categories, not merely anthropological categories (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical atheism of everyday living, in indifference and torpor. We often encounter these forms of atheism among those who are formally Christians (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to prevent their realization (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Time is the product of changing realities, beings, existences (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Objectification is above all exteriorization, the alienation of spirit from itself (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The physical union of the sexes... only intensifies man’s sense of solitude (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Victory over fear is the first spiritual duty of man (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Every single human soul has more meaning and value than the whole of history (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at truth as that I take my start from it (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) It is beyond dispute that the state exercises very great power over human life and it always shows a tendency to go beyond the limits laid down for it (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) There is no objective reality. But there is only an illusion of consciousness, there is only an objectivication of reality, which was created by the spirit. The origin of life is creativity, freedom; and the personality, subject, and spirit are the representatives of that origin, but not the nature, not the object (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations. And since these problems have a universal significance, the sphere of ethics is wider than is generally supposed. It deals with meaning and value and its province is the world in which the distinction between good and evil is drawn, evaluations are made and meaning is sought (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Conscience is the spiritual, supernatural principle in man, and it is not of social origin at all. It is rather the perversion and confusion of conscience that is of social origin (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) The will to originality is not the will to be peculiar and unlike anybody else; it means the desire to derive one’s consciousness from its primary source (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads me to remember not so much the actual matter of the book as the thoughts evoked in my mind by it, directly or indirectly (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes) Freedom is the power to create out of nothing, the power of the spirit to create out of itself (Nikolai Berdyaev Quotes)