14. man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness
15. the mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for
11. the more you understand the world, the more you destroy yourself
12. love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams
13. what is hell ? it is the suffering of being unable to love
so here are my favourite dostoevsky quotes ...
1. the darker the night, the brighter the stars ; the deeper the grief, the closer is god
2. the deepest form of slavery is the hunger for being understood
3. your hand is cold, mine burns like fire; how blind you are, nastenka !