The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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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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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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