From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
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Quote of the day 01/04/24
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.”
Quote of the day 01/02/24
From Douglas Adams: “He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Quote of the day 01/01/24
From C.S. Lewis: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
Quote of the day 12/30/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many.”
Quote of the day 12/29/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
Quote of the day 12/28/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.”
Quote of the day 12/27/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”
Quote of the day 12/26/23
From J.R.R. Tolkien: “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”
Quote of the day 12/25/23
From Charles Dickens: “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
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