It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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You 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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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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Above 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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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