Occasionally I was so much better that I could go out; but the streets used to put me in such a rage that I would lock myself up for days rather than go out, even if I were well enough to do so! I cou...
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy; only because of that.
Man is broad, too broad, indeed. I'd have him narrower.
Let life go hang, as long as these loved ones of ours are happy.
Lepiej być nieszczęśliwym i wiedzieć, niż być szczęśliwym i żyć w nieświadomości.
In the first place I spent most of my time at home, reading. I tried to stifle all that was continually seething within me by means of external impressions. And the only external means I had was readi...
If we're to come to love a man, the man himself should stay hidden, because as soon as he shows his face--love vanishes.
He could not consent to allow himself to be insulted, still less to allow himself to be treated as a rag, and, above all, to allow a thoroughly vicious man to treat him so. No quarrelling, however, no...
Forgive me... for my love -for ruining you with my love.
Alyosha said to himself: I can't give two roubles instead of 'all,' and only go to mass instead of 'following Him.
Abstract love of humanity is nearly always love of self.
A necessidade de comer e beber é simplesmente o instinto de autoconservação!- Mas não acha que esse instinto de autopreservação por si só é importante? Ora, o instinto de autoconservação é a lei norma...
Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
يقولون أن الوداعة قوة هائلة
يا لظلمك أيتها القلوب العزيزة !
ما أكثر الشرور التى يمكن أن نتفاداها بالصراحة.
فهناك نفوس حرثتها أنواع الشقاء والمحن والأحزان حرثا إن صح التعبير، واصطبرت طول حياتها وعانت آلاما ضخمة وآلاما تافهة لا نهاية لها، فلا شيء يدهشها بعد ذلك، ولو كان كوارث مفاجئة، ولا شيء ينسيها قاعدة من...
فلما صدق توقعي ابتسمت... لأن المرء يبتسم دائما حين يصدق توقعه
حتى الأحلام يجب عليها أن تقاوم للبقاء على قيد الحياة.
إن الإنسان يعتاد كل شيء، يا له من حقير !