The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYKilling 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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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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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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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