Fyodor

I've discovered that I do like Dostoevsky.
He's grown on me over the years.

Anyway, I thought I would scribble down a few of his loveliest thoughts...

"The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for."

"We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken."

"The soul is healed by being with children."

"It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas."

"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it."

"To live without hope is to cease to live."

"To love someone means to see him as God intended him."

"Life is a gift. Life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness... Life is everywhere, life is in ourselves, not in the exterior."