If there is no God, everything is permitted.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIf there is no God, everything is permitted.
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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo love someone means to see them as God intended them.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMuch unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYNothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThis is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYAbove 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe soul is healed by being with children.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYPain 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYBut how could you live and have no story to tell?
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYBeauty will save the world.
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