

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.”
Traced to The Brothers Karamazov (1879).
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“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man · 1877
verified“It's life that matters, nothing but life — the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot · 1868
verified“Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment · 1866
verified“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment · 1866
verified“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment · 1866
verified“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Insulted and the Injured · 1861
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“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Young India · 1921
verified“Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Statement at his trial, Young India · 1922
verified“There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Young India · 1920
verified“For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. So, let us be alert — alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.”
Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning · 1984
verified“If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death.”
Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning · 1959
verified“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”
Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning · 1959
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