Be the sun and all will see you.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

The more conscious I was of goodness and of all that was 'sublime and beautiful,'the more deeply I sank into my mire and the more ready I was to sink in it altogether.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Love life more than the meaning of it?

Here my tears are falling, Nastenka. Let them flow, let them flow - they don't hurt anybody. They will dry Nastenka.

Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.