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.
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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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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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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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