"I am a ridiculous man. They call..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.
More by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him!”
“Only through suffering can we find ourselves.”
“Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!”
More on Self Perception
“My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.”
“There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on.”
“Pride... is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or the other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
More on Identity
“You can do what you want. But it's nature to be with your own. I want to be with my own.”
“When you fight something long enough, it becomes a center pole right in your life and you count on it to be there to fight with.”
“Likewise, every time somebody interjects to speak of my honesty there is someone who quivers inside me.”