Occupation: Novelist Birth: November 11, 1821 Death: February 9, 1881
But how could you live and have no story to tell?.
There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words..
I utter what you would not dare think.
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love..
Compassion is the chief law of human existence..
Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you..
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth..
The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expa….
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for..
I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared..
Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him..
If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself..
When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to l….
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing re….
And so I ask myself: 'Where are your dreams?' And I shake my head and mutter: 'How the years go by!' And I ask myself again: 'What have you done with….
A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort.
The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that….
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!.
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery..
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas..
Only through suffering can we find ourselves..