Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the ardor of their hearts has been able to create a higher ideal of man and of virtue than the ideal given by Christ.
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