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 DOSTOEVSKYTalking 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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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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 say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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