The bourgeois takes economic power very seriously, and often worships it quite unselfishly.
Nikolai BerdyaevEvery moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme.
Nikolai BerdyaevSo great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the Russian people in the world: and he will bear witness for his country-men at the last judgement of the nations.
Nikolai BerdyaevGod is a reality of spirit He cannot be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is not to be found in the world of objects.
Nikolai BerdyaevThe World is not an idea as asserted by philosophers who have dedicated their entire lives to the exploration of ideas. First and foremost the world is passion. But passion is associated with sadness. Sadness does not only arise from death which makes us face the Eternity, but also from life which causes us to confront the Time.
Nikolai Berdyaev