Fyodor Dostoevsky

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”

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

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

“The soul is healed by being with children.”

“Beauty will save the world.”

“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.”

“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time.”

“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.”

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!”

“The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.”

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.”

“If there is no God, everything is permitted.”

“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”

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

“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.”

“The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.”