Hate not the atheists, the teachers of evil, the materialists- and I mean not only the good ones- for there are many good ones among them, especially in our day- hate not even the wicked ones.
Good and gentle creatures do not offer a very stiff resistance, not for long, anyway. (from A Gentle Creature)
Go, then, and do not be afraid. Do not be upset with people, do not take offense at their wrongs. Forgive the dead man in your heart for all the harm he did you; be reconciled with him truly. If you a...
Gentlemen, we are all cruel, we are all monsters, we all make people weep, mothers and nursing babies, but of all--let it be settled here and now--of all, I am the lowest vermin! So be it! Every day o...
Full freedom will come only when it makes no difference whether to live or not to live. That’s the goal for everyone.
From an encounter in 1862...Dickens told me, Dostoyevsky recalled in a letter written years later, that all the good, simple people in his novels . . . are what he wanted to have been, and his villain...
For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.
For know, dear ones, that every one of us is undoubtedly responsible for all men- and everything on earth, not merely through the general sinfulness of creation, but each one personally for all mankin...
For it will come to pass that even the most corrupt of our rich men will finally be ashamed of his riches before the poor man, and the poor man, seeing his humility, will understand and yield to him i...
For broad understanding and deep feeling, you need pain and suffering. I believe really great men must experience great sadness in the world.
Finally: I'm bored, and I constantly do nothing. And writing things down really seems like work. They say work makes a man good and honest. Well, here's a chance, at least.
Fear of aesthetics is the first sign of powerlessness
Evidently habit does wonders! God knows what habit can do with anyone.
Everything seems stupid when it fails.
Every anonymous communication is deserving of contempt, just because it's not signed.
Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window,
Dreams appear much more prominent and clear when the dreamer is in an unhealthy state - they have an extraordinary semblance of reality. Most monstrous pictures are put together but all the circumstan...
Dragostea abstractă pentru umanitate ascunde aproape întotdeauna o iubire egoistă faţă de tine însuţi.
Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them. And these can rarely be distinctly defined.
Don't be afraid of life. How good life is when one does somethings good and just.