It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI 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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human.
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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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