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> [The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in the earthly future of mankind; Orthodoxy gave away the earth into the hands of the state because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-uniting-of-orthodoxy-with-state-absolutism-came-about-on-the-soil/)

[Nikolai Berdyaev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-berdyaev/)

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> [ There is absolute truth in anarchism and it is to be seen in its attitude to the sovereignty of the state and to every form of state absolutism. \[...\] The religious truth of anarchism consists in this, that power over… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/there-is-absolute-truth-in-anarchism-and-it-is-to-be-seen-in-its/)

[Nikolai Berdyaev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikolai-berdyaev/)

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## More by Nikolai Berdyaev

> [God is a reality of spirit He cannot be conceived as an object, not even as the very highest object. God is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/god-is-a-reality-of-spirit-he-cannot-be-conceived-as-an-object-not/)

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> [Our attitude towards evil must be freed from hatred, and has itself need to be enlightened in character...Satan rejoices when he succeeds in inspiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/our-attitude-towards-evil-must-be-freed-from-hatred-and-has-itself/)

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> [Creativity is the mystery of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/creativity-is-the-mystery-of-freedom/)

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> [The question of bread for myself is a material question; but the question of bread for my neighbour, for everybody, is a spiritual and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-question-of-bread-for-myself-is-a-material-question-but-the/)

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> [The physical union of the sexes ... only intensifies man's sense of solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-physical-union-of-the-sexes-only-intensifies-man-s-sense-of/)

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> [The overwhelming majority of people, including Christians, are materialists. They do not believe in the power of spirit. They believe only in material power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-overwhelming-majority-of-people-including-christians-are/)

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> [Creativity is something which proceeds from within, out of immeasurable and inexplicable depths, not from without, not from the world's necessity. The very desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/creativity-is-something-which-proceeds-from-within-out-of/)

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> [The uniting of Orthodoxy with state absolutism came about on the soil of a non-belief in the Divineness of the earth, in the earthly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-uniting-of-orthodoxy-with-state-absolutism-came-about-on-the-soil/)

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> [Self-realization is a process of permanent auto-creation, an elaboration of the new man at the expense of the old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/self-realization-is-a-process-of-permanent-auto-creation-an/)

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> [There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/there-is-a-tragic-clash-between-truth-and-the-world-pure-undistorted/)

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> [Ethics occupies a central place in philosophy because it is concerned with sin, with the origin of good and evil and with moral valuations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/ethics-occupies-a-central-place-in-philosophy-because-it-is-concerned/)

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> [In creativity the way will be found for subject to pass into object, the identity of subject with object will be restored. All the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/in-creativity-the-way-will-be-found-for-subject-to-pass-into-object/)

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> [Freedom is the power to create out of nothing, the power of the spirit to create out of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/freedom-is-the-power-to-create-out-of-nothing-the-power-of-the-spirit/)

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> [I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/i-never-remain-passive-in-the-process-of-reading-while-i-read-i-am/)

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> [The creation of the world is not only a process which moves from God to humanity. God demands newness from humanity; God awaits the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikolai-berdyaev/the-creation-of-the-world-is-not-only-a-process-which-moves-from-god/)

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