"If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground. The Brothers Karamazov Mitya (Dmitri) to Aloysha who visits him in prison, Book XI - Ivan, Chapter 4 - A Hymn and a Secret."
3
"A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures as that of my heroine, and it is in the sphere of quiet homes—not elsewhere—I believe that a woman can best rule and save the world."
3
"Oh, oh, oh I'm so sorry for you... but the real truth is that you make this to happen. (Believe or not I definite like this!)"
3
"If I was a nobody you wouldn't be so eager to see me dead. Just like these people you know that I am devoted to the truth. That is why you want to eliminate me." - Magda Searus"
3
"The simple truth is that the only real 'ex-gay' person is a dead gay person - and even then I am not too sure about the validity of that statement."
3
"So you want we to play a game?... Aha, I like that...!I FUCKING LOVE IT!"
4
"You can't lie to a dead person. They already know the truth."
3
"Red may be bold on lips...but I prefer mine naked, without enhancement, so you know exactly what you are getting"
4
"Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road."
3
"When something is tragic you never really forget it."
4
"Never underestimate the importance of tragedy in life. Don't fear it, make it the mirror of your life."
4
"Men of Athens, I honor and I love you, but I will obey the god rather than you and as long as I draw breath and am able, I shall not cease to practice philosophy, to exhort you and in my usual way to point out to any one of you whom I happen to meet."
3
"When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its defence. If you are deeply convinced of its truth, you will perhaps be content to leave it to take care of itself; or, at all events, you will not go out of your way to push its fortunes; for you will reflect that in the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons. In the long run, we say; it will meanwhile cost you an occasional pang to see your cherished theory turned into a football by the critics. A football is not, as such, a very respectable object, and the more numerous the players, the more ridiculous it becomes. Unless, therefore, you are very confident of your ability to rescue it from the chaos of kicks, you will best consult its interests by not mingling in the game."
4
"A great truth wants to be criticized not idolized"
4
"Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore."
3
"Sometimes the worst beatings we endure are never the physical kind."
4
"I realized that what I feared the most had materialized, yet I survived."
3
"Fear has silenced the voice of truth in your world, and this is the anguish with which you struggle."
4
"Scientific truth is universal, because it is only discovered by the human brain and not made by it, as art is."
3
"Our brain is so full of nonsense there is no room for common sense."
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