"... what you need more than anything in……" — Fyodor Dostoevsky
"... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position."
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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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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came…
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As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey;…
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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs…
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Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any…
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We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most…
— Anton Webern
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It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation,…
— George Julius Poulett Scrope
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I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power…
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Your automatic creative mechanism is teleological. That is, it operates in terms of goals and end results. Once you give…
— Maxwell Maltz
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It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that…
— Oswald Chambers
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I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to…
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