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• Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Thinking, Definitions

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• If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery of things.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Gratitude, World And Love, Embracing Love

  1879-80 The Brothers Karamazov, bk.6, ch.3.

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• May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Lonely, Blessed, Grateful

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.58, Modern Library

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• My life is ending, I know that well, but every day that is left me I feel how my earthly life is in touch with a new infinite, unknown, but approaching life, the nearness of which sets my soul quivering with rapture, my mind glowing and my heart weeping with joy.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Heart, Glowing, Joy

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.441, First Avenue Editions

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• A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Philosophy, Effort, Way

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• What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Independent, Men, Choices

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• A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Sufficient

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.496, Bantam Classics

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• A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Mistake, Causes, Ruined

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• Two and two make four. Nature doesn't ask your advice. She isn't interested in your preferences or whether or not you approve of her laws. You must accept nature as she is with all the consequences that that implies.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Law, Two, Advice

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• If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Deep Thought, Earth, Shelter

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Brother's Karamazov (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)”, p.692, e-artnow

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• 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.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Lying, Believe, Men

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.87, Bantam Classics

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• But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Adventure, Dark, Back Alleys

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.330, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Honesty, Integrity, Character

  The House of the Dead (1862) (translation by Constance Garnett) See Pearl S. Buck 2; Ramsey Clark 1; Humphrey 3; Samuel Johnson 69; Helen Keller 4

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• Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Kindness, Compassion, Law

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2006). “The Idiot: Easyread Large Edition”, p.129, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Life is what matters, life alone - the continuous, eternal process of discovering life - and not the discovery itself.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  What Matters, Discovery, Life Is

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• One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Love Life, Disappear, Console

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• The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Respect, Lying, Men

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)”, p.582, e-artnow

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• Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Inspirational, Life, Fear

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• Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Truth, Lying, Deceiving Others

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Joy, World, Mass

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.746, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins. Go, and do not be afraid.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Life, Love Is, People

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2002). “The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue”, p.52, Macmillan

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• Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Atheist, Existentialism, Ifs

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If man has one good memory to go by, that may be enough to save him.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Memories, Men, May

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• Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God's help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Spiritual, Prayer, Real

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.747, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• 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 Dostoevsky

  Book, Sight, People

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “Crime and Punishment”, p.11, Vintage

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