Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic

Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Topics: Logic Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Truth Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live,...

Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live,...

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...

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...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children,...

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even...

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest...

I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest...