"So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship."

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Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people's expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it--you'll find that a bit harder.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky