The overwhelming majority of people, including Christians, are materialists. They do not believe in the power of spirit. They believe only in material power.
Nikolai BerdyaevDeath, that final evil, is one of the paths to eternity. Endless life in the conditions of our existence would be a nightmare.
Nikolai BerdyaevI never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads me to remember not so much the actual matter of the book as the thoughts evoked in my mind by it, directly or indirectly.
Nikolai BerdyaevThe geniuses have created, but they were less: the saints have been, but they created little...A twofold tragedy of creativeness reveals the truth that there has not yet been in our world a religious epoch of creativity.
Nikolai Berdyaev