I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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