A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Everywhere in these days men have, in their mockery, ceased to understand that the true security is to be found in social solidarity rather than in isolated individual effort. But this terrible individualism must inevitably have an end, and all will suddenly understand how unnaturally they are separated from one another.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Why count the days, when even one days is enough for a man to know all happiness?
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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