Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if he was surrounded by bread.

Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Topics: Determination Quotes, Ideas Quotes, Living Quotes

Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live.

Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live.

If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created...

If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created...

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the...

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the...

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself....

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself....

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to...

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to...

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh...

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh...

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made...

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made...

Science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine...

Science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine...

We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must...

We always imagine eternity as something beyond our conception, something vast, vast! But why must...

And man has actually invented God. And whats strange, what would be marvellous, is not...

And man has actually invented God. And whats strange, what would be marvellous, is not...

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh...

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh...

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If...

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If...

I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find some...

I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find some...

There is no liberation without labor...and there is no freedom which is free.

There is no liberation without labor...and there is no freedom which is free.

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a...

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a...

I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely...

I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you...

All good things are wild, and free.

All good things are wild, and free.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges...

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...

Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a...