The most basic, most rudimentary spiritual need of the Russian people is the need for suffering, ever-present and unquenchable, everywhere and in everything.
And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time, hate or love, if only not to sit with your hands folded.
Real life oppressed me with its novelty so much that I could hardly breathe.
Man only notices his sorrows; he takes his happiness for granted.
The most basic, most rudimentary spiritual need of the Russian people is the need for suffering, ever-present and unquenchable, everywhere and in everything.
In Russia, drunks are our kindest people. Our kindest people are also the most drunk.
Why, the whole world of knowledge is not worth that child's prayer to 'dear, kind God'!
I say nothing of the sufferings of grown-up people, they have eaten the apple, damn them, and the devil take them all!
But these little ones!
Fancy pants, the monk can dance!
And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time, hate or love, if only not to sit with your hands folded.
Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.
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