Quote by Ivan Turgenev
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, s

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

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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

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Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: “Great God, grant that twice two be not four.” – Ivan Turgenev

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

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Real change isnt found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all. – Guy Finley

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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom – these are the pillars of society. – Henrik Ibsen

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Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. – John Adams

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The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. – Billy Graham

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Genius is eternal patience. – Michelangelo

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Im proud of all the movies Ive made. Theyre not sequels, theyre not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I dont want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that. – Kevin Costner

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