Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience. But nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
Quotations
Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
But there are other things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
