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Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear

Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Soul, Solitude
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.484, First Avenue Editions

Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Doors, Window
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.1786, Clap Publishing, LLC.

There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ideas, Easier, Harder

I have a plan-to go mad.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Depression, Mad, Mental Illness

The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life, Men, Keys
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

To cook your hare you must first catch it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cooking, Firsts, Hares
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Possessed: Dostoevsky's Collections”, p.228, 谷月社

To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Perfection, Understanding, May
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Idiot (Vintage Classics)”, p.553, Vintage

It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Grief, Joy, Bereavement
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.442, First Avenue Editions

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Happiness, Bliss, Moments
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

At some thoughts one stands perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sin, and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that once for all, you may subdue the whole world.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Strong, Humility, Humble
"The Brothers Karamazov".

How good life is when one does something good and just!

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kindness, Good Life, Doe
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.2190, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

Let us not forget that the reasons for human actions are usually incalculably more complex and diverse than we tend to explain them later, and are seldom clearly manifest.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Action, Forget, Reason
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Idiot (Vintage Classics)”, p.484, Vintage

A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Heart, Unhappy, Fool
"The Idiot". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1868 - 1869.

For what is man without desires, without free will, and without the power of choice but a stop in an organ pipe?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Choices, Desire
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.117, Modern Library

But man is so addicted to systems and to abstract conclusions that he is prepared deliberately to distort the truth, to close his eyes and ears, but justify his logic at all cost.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life, Eye, Men

We have all lost touch with life, we all limp, each to a greater or lesser degree.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Degrees, Lost, Greater

I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Suffering, Wish, Drink
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jessie Coulson (2008). “Crime and Punishment”, p.13, Oxford University Press

After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Real, Sides, Emotion

This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sorrow, Lasts, Messages
Joseph Cowley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (2014). “The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: (Translated by Constance Garnett)”, p.30, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Every man needs a place to go to.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Needs, Places To Go

Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from the faith.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Spring, Miracle, Doe
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.53, Clap Publishing, LLC.

You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to men by doing violence to your feelings, holding your nose, and shutting your eyes, especially shutting your eyes. Endure their villainy without anger, as much as possible; try to remember that you're a man too. For, if you're even a little above average intelligence, you'll have the propensity to judge people severely. Men are vile by nature and they'd rather love out of fear. Don't give in to such love: despise it always.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Eye, Boys

Sometimes we desire absolute nonsense because in our stupidity we see in this nonsense the easiest way of attaining some conjectural good.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stupidity, Desire, Way
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.117, Modern Library

I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Two, Four, Littles

And it is so simple... The one thing is - love thy neighbor as thyself - that is the one thing. That is all, nothing else is needed. You will instantly find how to live.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Simple, Neighbor, Needed

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