"Only by self-respect will you compel others..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.”

“Whether one showed you and execution or a little finger, you would extract an equally edifying thought from both of them, and would still be content. That's the way to get on in life.”

“Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything. Granted, granted I'm a babbler, a harmless, irksome babbler, as we all are. But what's to be done if the sole and express purpose of every intelligent man is babble--that is, a deliberate pouring from empty into void.”

“There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.”

“If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity”

“Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself.”

“You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but endeavour to console your adversary, and make him less dissatisfied with himself by every kind and civil expression that may be used with truth; such as, you understand the game better than I, but you are a little inattentive, or, you play too fast; or, you had the best of the game, but something happened to divert your thoughts, and that turned it in my favour.”

“Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.”

“Every human actions becomes dangerous when it is deprived of human feeling. When they are performed with feeling and respect for human values, all activities become constructive.”