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The soul is healed by being with children.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky If there is no God, everything is permitted.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky When reason fails, the devil helps!
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky 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.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky You can be sincere and still be stupid.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
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Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
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Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
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Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.
ArchimedesArchimedes She is an all encompassing enigma of beauty and madness don’t attempt to tie her down.
TMCTMC Tend to your own garden and watch the beauty you begin to see in others.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Don’t let the ugly in others kill the beauty in you. Let it inspire you to conjure a worthwhile view. Observe their darkness-like space in between the stars. Acknowledged, yet dazzled with the bright beauty of ours. Their darkness is worthy of unconditional love. Just give their ugly, mercy.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Beauty is a treat for yourself. Don’t blind it with your blindness.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say – Do I see, what is me? Or did his eyes lead me astray?
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Poetry isn’t about beautifying the words; Its about stripping off its thick cover and appreciating the rawness.
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