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DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR
“I
have often and repeatedly prayed on my knees for a pure heart, and for a
pure, sinless, calm, dispassionate style.”
(Lowe,
1991, 290)
“People here are trying with all their might to wipe me off the face of the
earth for the fact that I preach God and national roots.”
(Ibid.,
302)
“The
beautiful is the ideal; with us as in civilized Europe, have long been
wavering. There is in the world only one figure of absolute beauty: Christ.
That infinitely lovely figure is, as a matter of course, an infinite
marvel.”
(Sandoz,
1971, 42)
“I
have formulated my creed, wherein all is clear and holy to me . . . I
believe that there is nothing holier, deeper, more sympathetic, more
rational, more manly, and more perfect than the Saviour; I say to myself
with jealous love that not only is there no one else like Him, but there
could be no one.”
(Ibid.,
46)
“No
religion has brought the mystery of the need for atonement or expiation to
so complete, so profound, or so powerful expression as Christianity.”
(Ibid.,
57)
“That
God none the less admits access to Himself and intimacy with Himself is not
a mere matter of course; it is a grace beyond our mere power to apprehend, a
prodigious paradox.”
(Ibid.,
59)
“What weight of ancient
witness can prevail
If private reason hold
the public scale?
But, gracious God, how
well dost Thou provide
For erring judgements an
unerring guide!
Thy throne is darkness
in th’abyss of light,
A blaze of glory that
forbids the sight.
O teach me to believe
Thee thus conceal’d,
And search no further
than Thyself reveal’d.”
(Untermeyer, 1959, 205)
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