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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Unhappy, Paradise, Fool
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Idiot (English French edition illustrated): L’Idiot (Anglais Français édition illustré)”, p.1139, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wisdom, Truth, Lying
"The Brothers Karamazov". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1879 - 1880.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Escaping, Way, Prison

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying, Alive, Criminal Mind
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.440, Bantam Classics

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Good Night, God, Stars

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inspirational, Sad, Pain
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.262, Google Publishing

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Truth, Honesty, Punishment
"Crime and Punishment". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Part VI, Chapter 4, p. 471), 1866.

If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Overcoming, World, Want
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Moving On, Heart, Past

I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Caring, Problem, Gave Up
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2016). “Short Stories”, p.185, Xist Publishing

But how could you live and have no story to tell?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stories, Existentialism, Minimalist
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

To think too much is a disease.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thinking, Disease, Too Much

Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Spiritual, Animal
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.484, First Avenue Editions

The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying, Forgiving, Worship
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.131, Google Publishing

To love another person is to see them as God intended them to be.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Persons

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Respect, Lying, Occupy Yourself
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.96, Clap Publishing, LLC.

The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fighting, Conflict, Feels

The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it? A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill--he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying, Men, Insulted Him
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.67, First Avenue Editions

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Life, Suffering
FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”

Everything passes, only truth remains.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Remains
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.731, Clap Publishing, LLC.

Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying, Humanity, Secret

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stupid, Ignorance, Deep Thought
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Spiritual, Philosophy, Healing
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.51, Clap Publishing, LLC.

There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Healing, Deep Thought, A Loss For Words
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2007). “The Adolescent”, p.43, Vintage

Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inspiration, Heart, Know How
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.841, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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