Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMuch unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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Above 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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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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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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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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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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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