1. “Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. “What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3. “Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
4. “It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5. “Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6. “Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering…”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
7. “It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
8. “The darker the night, the brighter the stars.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
9. “We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
10. “The world says: “You have needs — satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don’t hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
11. “The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
12. “I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
13. “I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14. “Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15. “The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
16. “The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
17. “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
18. “Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
19. “The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
20. “I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
21. “Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
22. “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
23. “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
24. “Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then… Well, then I woke up.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
25. “It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26. “It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
27. “You can be sincere and still be stupid.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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