Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
"Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.""Realists do not fear the results of their study.""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.""The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.""I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.""Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.""To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.""The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.""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.""Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.""The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.""It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.""The soul is healed by being with children.""Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering, and that is a fact.""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.""Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.""To live without hope is to cease to live.""What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.""Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart."