Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIf there is no God, everything is permitted.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Beauty will save the world.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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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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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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