A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYBeauty will save the world.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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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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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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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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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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