Thursday, November 14, 2013

Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.” 

“Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.” 

“To love someone means to see them as God intended them.” 

“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.” 

“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.” 

“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.” 

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” 

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” 

“Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.” 

“One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!” 

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