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Living Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.
- The enemies of living life; outdated little liberals, afraid of their own independence; lackeys of thought, enemies of the person and freedom, decrepit preachers of…
- And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolations that an intelligent man cannot…
- After all, I quite naturally want to live in order to fulfill my whole capacity for living, and not in order to fulfill my reasoning…
- If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life…
- I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is…
- Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though…
- Now I'm living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man cannot turn himself…
- I know you'll probably get angry with me for that, shout, stamp your feet: "speak just for yourself and your miseries in the underground, and…
- The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
- It suddenly seemed to me that I was lonely, that every one was forsaking me and going away from me. Of course, any one is…
- God is necessary, and therefore must exist...But I know that he does not and cannot exist...Don't you understand that a man with these two thoughts…
- I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for…
- The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
- I saw clear as daylight how strange it is that not a single person living in this mad world has had the daring to go…
- With love one can live even without happiness.
- Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even…
- Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live.
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- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. — Aristotle
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- You go to London, you see a TV set in every cell and the sign up that all the officers must treat… — Joe Arpaio
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only… — Isaac Asimov