fyodor mihailovic dostoyevski

“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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“pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. the really great men must, ı think, have great sadness on earth.” 
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“what is hell? ı maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
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“man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.” 
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“ı say let the world go to hell, but ı should always have my tea.” 
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“to go wrong in one's own way is better then to go right in someone else's.” 
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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 soul is healed by being with children.” 
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“much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.” 
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“ı am a dreamer. ı know so little of real life that ı just can't help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something ı have very rarely experienced. ı am going to dream about you the whole night, the whole week, the whole year. ı feel ı know you so well that ı couldn't have known you better if we'd been friends for twenty years. you won't fail me, will you? only two minutes, and you've made me happy forever. yes, happy. who knows, perhaps you've reconciled me with myself, resolved all my doubts."
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“ıt is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.” 
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“ı swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.” 
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“ı can see the sun, but even if ı cannot see the sun, ı know that it exists. and to know that the sun is there - that is living.” 
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“don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” 
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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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“ı am alone, ı thought, and they are everybody.” 
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“the greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.” 
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“destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and ı will follow you.” 
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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 ı felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.” 
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“lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.” 
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"love can exist even before a word is spoken.."
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“be the sun and all will see you.” 
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“ıt is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!” 
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“this is my last message to you: even in sorrow, look after the happiness.” 

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