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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be...

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be...

Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.

Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.

The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws

The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that...

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

Doing nothing gets you nothing.

Doing nothing gets you nothing.

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is...

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.