“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“We can either choose to be free and happy in the unknown or to be confined and suffer in the familiar.”
― Don't Believe Everything You Think
― Don't Believe Everything You Think
“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is related only to objects and not to individuals, or to life. That art is something which is specialized or which is done by experts who are artists. But couldn't everyone's life become a work of art? Why should the lamp or the house be an art object, but not our life?”
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“The only time we can really be in a state of non-thinking is in the present moment. We can only see reality in the present moment and when we are actively thinking, it means we are either in the past or future (which don’t exist).”
― Don't Believe Everything You Think
― Don't Believe Everything You Think
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
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