Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI 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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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 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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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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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 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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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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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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