Quote by Ivan Turgenev
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty

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

Other quotes by Ivan Turgenev

Nature creates while destroying, and doesnt care whether it creates or destroys as long as life isnt extinguished, as long as death doesnt lose its rights. – Ivan Turgenev

Category:
Death
Read Quote

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my countrys fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language! – Ivan Turgenev

Category:
alone
Read Quote

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 doesnt know art, just as it doesnt know freedom, just as it doesnt know goodness. – Ivan Turgenev

Category:
Freedom
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
strength
category

One killer exercise thats really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. Thats my favourite. Its such functional core strength, and thats why I can climb up trees and down vines. – Bear Grylls

Category:
strength

The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people. – Lydia Sigourney

Category:
strength

The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people. – Jacques Maritain

Category:
strength

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
strength

Random Quotes

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. – John Dewey

Category:
Happiness

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education. – Lucy Powell

Category:
Education

The tongue can paint what the eye cant see. – Chinese Proverb

Category:
Persuasion

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. – Albert Einstein, Sidelights on Relativity

Category:
Math