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Quote by Nikolai Berdyaev

“Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme.”

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Nikolai Berdyaev

Russian philosopher born on March 18, 1874, and died on March 23, 1948. Nikolai Berdyaev is known for his contributions to religious philosophy, existentialism, and liberalism. more

“If everybody did just one thing. Just one thing. Not even a great thing. Not a world-changing thing, just one blessing, just one act of living kindness. The effect of each caring action, no matter how seemingly small, brings blessings into the lives of others. There may be no greater or more important thing that we can do at this instant.”

Ifs World May Important Matter Action Can Do Kindness Greater One Thing Effects Blessing Important Things Caring Great Things Instant Just One Lives Of Others

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“Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.”

Action Safe Comfortable Contrary Reputation Refuge Inaction

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“What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.”

Needs May Different Action Order

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“You can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer, and plant the corn. But you cannot make it rain. You cannot prevent an early frost. You cannot determine exactly what will happen in your life. The rain may or may not fall, but one thing is certain: you will get a harvest only if you planted something in the field. It's important to do everything in our power to ensure our success, but we also need to let the universe take its course.”

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“Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.”

People Thinking World Should Action One Thing This World Agree Horrible

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“There is another important point: encountering the poor. If we step outside ourselves we find poverty. Today-it sickens the heart to say so-the discovery of a tramp who has died of the cold is not news. Today what counts as news is, maybe, a scandal. A scandal: ah, that is news! Today, the thought that a great many children do not have food to eat is not news. This is serious, this is serious! We cannot put up with this! Yet that is how things are. We cannot become starched Christians, those over-educated Christians who speak of theological matters as they calmly sip their tea.”