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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Rig Ved 1.36.7

To do a Namaskaar or bow before someone means that you are humble or without pride and ego. This means that we politely bow before you since you are better than me. Pranipaat(प्राणीपात) also means the same that we respect you without any vanity.

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Surrendering False pride is Namaskaar. Even in devotion or bhakti we say the same thing. We want to convey to Ishwar that we have nothing to offer but we leave all our pride and offer you ourselves without any pride in our body. You destroy all our evil karma.

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We bow before you so that you assimilate us and make us that capable. Destruction of our evils and surrender is Namaskaar. Therefore we pray same thing before and after any big rituals.

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तं घे॑मि॒त्था न॑म॒स्विन॒ उप॑ स्व॒राज॑मासते ।
होत्रा॑भिर॒ग्निं मनु॑षः॒ समिं॑धते तिति॒र्वांसो॒ अति॒ स्रिधः॑॥

Translation :

नमस्विनः - To bow.

स्वराजम् - Self illuminating.

तम् - His.

घ ईम् - Yours.

इत्था - This way.

उप - Upaasana.

आसते - To do.

स्त्रिधः - For enemies.

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अति तितिर्वांसः - To defeat fast.

मनुषः - Yajman.

होत्राभिः - In seven numbers.

अग्निम् - Agnidev.

समिन्धते - Illuminated on all sides.

Explanation : Yajmans bow(do Namaskaar) before self illuminating Agnidev by making the offerings of Havi.

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