Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The darker the night, the brighter the stars; the deeper the grief, the closer is God!”
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
“To live without hope is to cease to live.”
“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.”
“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.”
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
“To love someone means to see them as God intended them.”
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.”
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
“Above all, don't lie to yourself.”
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
“The soul is healed by being with children.”
“Beauty will save the world.”