Who among us has the strength to oppose... by Ivan Turgenev | We Heart Quotes

Author Novelist Literature Feelings Realism

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

- Ivan Turgenev

Other quotes by Ivan Turgenev

May God

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - Almighty God, grant that two times two not equal four.

- Ivan Turgenev

Sympathy Desire Nothing

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

- Ivan Turgenev

Nature Freedom End

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.

- Ivan Turgenev

Care Nature Death Life

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isn't extinguished, as long as death doesn't lose its rights.

- Ivan Turgenev

Time

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

- Ivan Turgenev

Life

There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.

- Ivan Turgenev

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