The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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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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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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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 will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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