Notes
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Self deception
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
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Inner Power
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
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Under Crime and Punishment
ustice extends far beyond the legal, court-based system. The novel primarily explores psychological justice, asserting that true retribution for moral transgressions is an inescapable, self-inflicted torment of guilt, while authentic redemption requires spiritual rebirth and suffering rather than mere legal punishment
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On Daily Attitude
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own — not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands, and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are obstructions.”
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