Equanimity

“If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“Marriage is the moral death of every proud soul, of all independence.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Devils

“I do not wish you much happiness--it would bore you; I do not wish you trouble either; but, following the people's philosophy, I will simply repeat: 'Live more' and try somehow not to be too bored; this useless wish I am adding on my own.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“It must be true that the whole second half of a man's life is most often made up only of habits accumulated during the first half.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons