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 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.
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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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People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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Beauty will save the world.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek 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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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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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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