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"... how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness ... how many times I sinned against my heart and soul - then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
#BOTD 1821
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
#BOTD 1821
"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love... "
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"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."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love."
"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." ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"You can be sincere and still be stupid."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If God does not exist, then everything is permissible."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
