There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering an…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.
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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們), p.318, Hyweb Techno … ▶
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
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No, evidently habit means a lot. The devil knows what habit can do to a person.
Without God all things are permitted. ✨ The Brothers Karamazov. Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, www.theguardian.com. November 1880.

There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.

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