Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIt is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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I love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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