Best Alexander Herzen Quotes
- This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break… Absurdities
- 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… All
- People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping,… Angry
- Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by… English
- You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas. Bridle
- Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their… All
- The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people… All
- [T]he departing world leaves behind... not an heir, but a pregnant widow. Behind
- There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince… Cannot Convince
- All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any… All
- The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie. Expressive
- Every man who has lived for fifty years has buried a whole world or even two; he has grown used to its disappearance and accustomed… Accustomed
- No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. Blame
- If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another - and always into a better set - things might be easier, but… Always Moved
- Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure… Artificial
- Modern Western thought will pass into history and be incorporated in it, will have its influence and its place, justas our body will pass into… Body