"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it."
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad.“
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."
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"Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death."
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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
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"Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it."
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"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare!"
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