15 Deep Philosophy Quotes From "Fyodor Dostoevsky"

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1. "The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. "The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. "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."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. "Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
5. "It is better to be unhappy and know the worst than to be happy in a fool's paradise."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
6. "The most offensive is not their lying

What is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
7. "I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
8. "Only through suffering can we find ourselves."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
9. "When there is love you can live even without happiness."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. "It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
11. “To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
12. "The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
13. "I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
14. "To think too much is a disease."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
15. "Wealth is the number of things one can do without."

- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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It is a series of Sanskrit shlokas recited by Jambavant to Hanuman to remind Him of his true potential.

1. धीवर प्रसार शौर्य भरा: The brave persevering one, your bravery is taking you forward.


2. उतसारा स्थिरा घम्भीरा: The one who is leaping higher and higher, who is firm and stable and seriously determined.

3. ुग्रामा असामा शौर्या भावा: He is strong, and without an equal in the ability/mentality to fight

4. रौद्रमा नवा भीतिर्मा: His anger will cause new fears in his foes.

5.विजिटरीपुरु धीरधारा, कलोथरा शिखरा कठोरा: This is a complex expression seen only in Indic language poetry. The poet is stating that Shivudu is experiencing the intensity of climbing a tough peak, and likening

it to the feeling in a hard battle, when you see your enemy defeated, and blood flowing like a rivulet. This is classical Veera rasa.

6.कुलकु थारथिलीथा गम्भीरा, जाया विराट वीरा: His rough body itself is like a sharp weapon (because he is determined to win). Hail this complete

hero of the world.

7.विलयगागनथाला भिकारा, गरज्जद्धरा गारा: The hero is destructive in the air/sky as well (because he can leap at an enemy from a great height). He can defeat the enemy (simply) with his fearsome roar of war.