Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYPain 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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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I love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
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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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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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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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