Fyodor Dostoevsky

"The greatest tragedy is indifference."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"In darkness, we discover the light within."

"The written word outlives the living man."

"Fear is the shadow of imagination."

"To give is to live; to receive is to be imprisoned."

"The greatest enemies of progress are the comfortable."

"Death reminds us that life has value."

"A pure heart needs no justification."

"Forgiveness is the liberation of the soul."

"The poet sees what others merely look at."

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."

"To love someone means to see them as God intended them to be."

"The soul is healed by making others happy."

"Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness."

"If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, or of weeping. Just watch him laugh."

"I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped."

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."

"For some people ask for the moon as if they deserved it."

"We are all responsible for everyone and everything."

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness."

"Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness."

"The thief believes everybody steals."

"Tears water our growth."

"I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man."

"The only way to save the world is through beauty."

"To deny God for the sake of protecting humanity is to build on sand."

"Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately in love with suffering."