People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.

Quote by Ivan Turgenev

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In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone...

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish...

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a...

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do...

Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do...

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

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

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

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is...

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is...

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.

Women... can't live with 'em... can't shoot 'em.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel...

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel...

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

Nature creates while destroying, and doesn't care whether it creates or destroys as long as...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or...

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity...

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity...

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes...

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

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

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one...