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> [We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/we-could-hardly-believe-that-after-so-many-ordeals-after-all-the/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

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## More by Alexander Herzen

> [We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/we-think-the-purpose-of-a-child-is-to-grow-up-because-it-does-grow-up/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/unaware-of-the-absurdity-of-it-we-introduce-our-own-petty-household/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [The Death of the contemporary forms of social order ought to gladden rather than trouble the soul. Yet what is frightening is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/the-death-of-the-contemporary-forms-of-social-order-ought-to-gladden/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Science, which cuts its way through the muddy pond of daily life without mingling with it, casts its wealth to right and left, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/science-which-cuts-its-way-through-the-muddy-pond-of-daily-life/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [It seems to me that you are solving a problem which goes beyond the limits of physiology in too simple a way. Physiology has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/it-seems-to-me-that-you-are-solving-a-problem-which-goes-beyond-the/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, justas our body will pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/modern-western-thought-will-pass-into-history-and-be-incorporated-in/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means, she despises…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/science-even-more-than-the-gospel-teaches-us-humility-she-cannot-look/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [I believe what I write to be the truth...every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/i-believe-what-i-write-to-be-the-truth-every-man-who-is-not/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/human-development-is-a-form-of-chronological-unfairness-since-late/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/strong-drink-stupefies-a-man-and-makes-it-possible-for-him-to-forget/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/a-generation-which-has-passed-through-the-shop-has-absorbed-standards/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/strong-drink-stupefies-a-man-and-makes-it-possible-for-him-to-forget-2/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/all-religions-have-based-morality-on-obedience-that-is-to-say-on/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/you-can-no-more-bridle-passions-with-logic-than-you-can-justify-them/)

[Alexander Herzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-herzen/)

> [One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-herzen/one-must-open-men-s-eyes-not-tear-them-out/)

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