"Compassion is the chief law of human existence." — Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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585 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.
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If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.
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Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto…
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The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in…
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Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who…
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There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.
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Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass…
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Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
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If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work…
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all…
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There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory,…
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