The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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 darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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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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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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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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