"In abstract love of humanity one almost..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.
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“Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.”
“You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.”
“Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.”
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“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.”
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”
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“The loss of love is the loss of all rights, even though one had them all.”
“This was the price you paid for sleeping together. This was the end of the trap. This was what people got for loving each other.”
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