Zitate von Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

„Das Vaterland kann einen Jeden von uns entbehren, aber Keiner von uns das Vaterland.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew, buch Rudin

Rudin (1855). Aus: Ausgewählte Werke, Autorisirte Ausgabe. 3. Band. Mitau: E. Behre, 1870. S. 202.

„Ein Nihilist ist ein Mensch, der sich vor keiner Autorität beugt, keinen Grundsatz anerkennt, und sollte derselbe auch noch so verbreitet sein.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew, buch Väter und Söhne

Väter und Söhne

„Und wenn du noch so oft an ihre Türen klopfst, die Natur wird nie erschöpfend Auskunft geben.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew, buch Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers

Aufzeichnungen eines Jägers

„Wofür ein Mensch auch beten mag - er betet um Wunder.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

Gedichte in Prosa

„Um was der Mensch auch immer beten mag - er betet um ein Wunder. Jedes Gebet läuft schließlich darauf hinaus: »Großer Gott, gib, daß zwei mal zwei - nicht vier sei.«“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

Gedichte in Prosa, „Das Gebet“, Juli 1881. Deutsch von Theodor Commichau (1864-1935). S. 91 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=GfRkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT91
Original russ.: "О чем бы ни молился человек — он молится о чуде. Всякая молитва сводится на следующую: «Великий боже, сделай, чтобы дважды два — не было четыре!»" - :ru:s:Молитва (Тургенев)

„Willst du glücklich sein? Dann lerne erst leiden.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

Gedichte in Prosa

„Einen anständigen Menschen befällt der Schüttelfrost schon vor der Hochzeit.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

Wo allzu fein gesponnen wird, da reißt es eben. Aus: Gedichte in Prosa. Komödien. Aus dem Russischen übersetzt von Georg Schwarz. Berlin und Weimar: Aufbau-Verlag, 1975. S. 130

„Willst du friedlich leben? Verkehre mit den Menschen, lebe aber allein, unternimm nichts und bedauere gar nichts.“

—  Iwan Sergejewitsch Turgenew

Gedichte in Prosa

„If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

„"What is Bazarov?" Arkady smiled. "Would you like me to tell you, uncle, what he really is?""Please do, nephew.""He is a nihilist!""What?" asked Nikolai Petrovich, while Pavel Petrovich lifted his knife in the air with a small piece of butter on the tip and remained motionless."He is a nihilist," repeated Arkady."A nihilist," said Nikolai Petrovich. "That comes from the Latin nihil, nothing, as far as I can judge; the word must mean a man who… who recognizes nothing?""Say — who respects nothing," interposed Pavel Petrovich and lowered his knife with the butter on it."Who regards everything from the critical point of view," said Arkady."Isn't that exactly the same thing?" asked Pavel Petrovich."No, it's not the same thing. A nihilist is a person who does not bow down to any authority, who does not accept any principle on faith, however much that principle may be revered.""Well, and is that good?" asked Pavel Petrovich. "That depends, uncle dear. For some it is good, for others very bad.""Indeed. Well, I see that's not in our line. We old-fashioned people think that without principles, taken as you say on faith, one can't take a step or even breathe. Vous avez changé tout cela; may God grant you health and a general's rank, and we shall be content to look on and admire your… what was the name?""Nihilists," said Arkady, pronouncing very distinctly."Yes, there used to be Hegelists and now there are nihilists. We shall see how you will manage to exist in the empty airless void; and now ring, please, brother Nikolai, it's time for me to drink my cocoa."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Quelle: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 5.

„There was a time,' Nikolai Artemyevitch resumed, 'when daughters did not allow themselves to look down on their parents—when the parental authority forced the disobedient to tremble. That time has passed, unhappily: so at least many persons imagine; but let me tell you, there are still laws which do not permit—do not permit—in fact there are still laws. I beg you to mark that: there are still laws“

—  Ivan Turgenev, buch On the Eve

Quelle: On the Eve (1860), Ch. 30.

„Death is an old joke, but it comes like new to everyone.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Quelle: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 27.

„"Naturally," observed Nikolai Petrovich, "you were born here, so everything is bound to strike you with a special —""Really, Daddy, it makes absolutely no difference where a person is born.""Still —""No, it makes no difference at all."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Quelle: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 3.

„For myself, I detest the fellow, and think him a charlatan. I am certain that, in spite of his frogs, he is making no real progress in physics.“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Quelle: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 10.

„Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own."“

—  Ivan Turgenev

Quelle: Father and Sons (1862), Ch. 13.