Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only thro... - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy."

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