There are strange friendships: two friends are almost ready to eat each other, they live like that all their lives, and yet they cannot part.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Strange Bonds, Unbreakable Friendships, Friends, Strange, Bonds, Friendship
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“There is not a thing that is more positive than bread.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Bread, Positivity, Simplicity, Life, Sustenance, Essentials
Fyodor Dostoevsky Bread, Positivity, Simplicity, Life, Sustenance, Essentials“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Suffering, Humanity, Pain, Growth, Emotion
Fyodor Dostoevsky Love, Suffering, Humanity, Pain, Growth, Emotion“Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante’s hell is the inscription: “Leave behind all hope, you who enter here.”” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hope, Life, Hell, Dante, Despair, Faith
Fyodor Dostoevsky Hope, Life, Hell, Dante, Despair, Faith“Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Human Foolishness, Irrational Behavior, Man, Stupid, Foolishness, Behavior
Fyodor Dostoevsky Human Foolishness, Irrational Behavior, Man, Stupid, Foolishness, Behavior“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Punishment, Work, Meaninglessness, Destruction, Control, Power
Fyodor Dostoevsky Punishment, Work, Meaninglessness, Destruction, Control, Power“Viper will eat viper, and it would serve them both right!” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vengeance, Conflict, Nature, Revenge, Justice, Survival
Fyodor Dostoevsky Vengeance, Conflict, Nature, Revenge, Justice, Survival“The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that he is in love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Saved Beauty, Love Inspiration, Beauty, Love, Prince, Salvation
Fyodor Dostoevsky Saved Beauty, Love Inspiration, Beauty, Love, Prince, Salvation“And do you know, Sonia, that low ceilings and tiny rooms cramp the soul and the mind?” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Space Limitation, Mental Confinement, Space, Limitation, Mind, Confinement
Fyodor Dostoevsky Space Limitation, Mental Confinement, Space, Limitation, Mind, Confinement“It is love that makes the world go round, love of money, love of honor, love of praise, love of women, love of work.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Universal Love, Driving Forces, Love, Work, Honor, Praise
Fyodor Dostoevsky Universal Love, Driving Forces, Love, Work, Honor, Praise“If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existential Regret, Birth Refusal, Birth, Existence, Regret, Ridiculous
Fyodor Dostoevsky Existential Regret, Birth Refusal, Birth, Existence, Regret, Ridiculous“Wealth is the number of things one can do without.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wealth Definition, True Wealth, Wealth, Definition, Without, True
Fyodor Dostoevsky Wealth Definition, True Wealth, Wealth, Definition, Without, True“In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Simple Love, Expressive Kindness, Love, Simple, Show, Kindness
Fyodor Dostoevsky Simple Love, Expressive Kindness, Love, Simple, Show, Kindness“It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sunshine, Hope, Positivity, Change, Energy, Life
Fyodor Dostoevsky Sunshine, Hope, Positivity, Change, Energy, Life“An anguish of longing would boil up inside me; a hysterical thirst for contradictions and contrasts would appear, and I would embark on dissipations.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Longing Anguish, Contradiction Thirst, Longing, Anguish, Thirst, Contradiction
Fyodor Dostoevsky Longing Anguish, Contradiction Thirst, Longing, Anguish, Thirst, Contradiction“The more conscious I was of goodness and of all that was ’sublime and beautiful,’ the more deeply I sank into my mire and the more ready I was to sink in it altogether.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Beauty, Goodness, Self-doubt, Moral Conflict, Despair, Existential Struggle
Fyodor Dostoevsky Beauty, Goodness, Self-doubt, Moral Conflict, Despair, Existential Struggle“People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cruelty Comparison, Human Brutality, Cruelty, Beasts, Artful, Justice
Fyodor Dostoevsky Cruelty Comparison, Human Brutality, Cruelty, Beasts, Artful, Justice“If not reason, then the devil.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Devil's Choice, Reason Absence, Devil, Reason, Choice, Conflict
Fyodor Dostoevsky Devil's Choice, Reason Absence, Devil, Reason, Choice, Conflict“We sometimes choose absolute nonsense because in our foolishness we see in that nonsense the easiest means for attaining a supposed advantage.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nonsense Choice, Foolish Advantage, Choice, Advantage, Foolish, Nonsense
Fyodor Dostoevsky Nonsense Choice, Foolish Advantage, Choice, Advantage, Foolish, Nonsense“Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Logic Overload, Truth Distortion, Systems, Logic, Truth, Senses
Fyodor Dostoevsky Logic Overload, Truth Distortion, Systems, Logic, Truth, Senses“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ambitious Path, Inner Misery, Ambition, Misery, Hate, Destiny
Fyodor Dostoevsky Ambitious Path, Inner Misery, Ambition, Misery, Hate, Destiny