Håîdêrïñhø Tarik

“Lived a cockroach in the world -
Such was his condition.
In a glass he chanced to fall
Full of fly-perdition.
But he squeezed against the flies,
They woke up and cursed him,
Raised to Jove their angry cries:
"The glass is full to bursting!"
In the middle of the din
Came along Nikifor,
Fine old man, and looking in ...”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“A wise man is not afraid to face the truth.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

“A stone as big as a mountain, weighing millions of tons? Of course it wouldn't hurt.'
'But really stand there and while it hangs you will fear very much that it will hurt. The most learned man, the greatest doctor, all, all will be very much frightened. Everyone will know that it won't hurt, and everyone will be afraid that it will hurt.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons

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