The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIf you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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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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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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