Benjamin Disraeli
View AuthorNever apologize for showing feelings. By doing so, you apologize for the truth.
Carlo Dossi
View AuthorWhy, in general, is solitude avoided? Because very few find company with themselves.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorTrue pain, the kind that makes us suffer deeply, sometimes makes even the thoughtless man serious and steady; even the poor in spirit become wiser after great pain.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorMan takes pleasure in listing his sorrows, but does not list his joys.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorYou have to want to the extreme to achieve the end; everything else is insignificant.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorHow good does happiness make to man! It seems as if one would want to give his heart, his joy. And joy is contagious!
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorI like it when they make mistakes. In this lies the superiority of man over other organisms. This is how one arrives at the truth. I am a man, and I am precisely that because I make mistakes.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
View AuthorPain and suffering are always inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart. Truly great people, I believe, have a great sadness on earth.
Gustave Droz
View AuthorOften, some seek happiness as one seeks glasses when they are on their nose.
John Dryden
View AuthorAll the happiness that humanity can achieve lies not in pleasure, but in the relief from pain.
Dame Daphne du Maurier
View AuthorHappiness is not a commodity to be hoarded; it is a way of thinking, a state of mind.
Charles Pinot Duclós
View AuthorThe language of the heart is universal: it only requires sensitivity to understand and speak it.