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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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

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...

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...

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our...

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our...

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live...

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live...

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

Is it not strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers who crossed the Atlantic...

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.