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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYYou can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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The soul is healed by being with children.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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