You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYAbove 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.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Beauty will save the world.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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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 did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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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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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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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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