Nikolai Berdyaev

The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence.

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.

The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self.

Creativeness is liberation from slavery. Man is free when he finds himself in a state of creative activity. Creativeness leads to ecstasy of the moment. The products of creativeness are within time, but the creative act itself lies outside time.

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

The question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.