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Quotes about compassion
Compassion is the chief and perhaps the only law of human existence.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe IdiotPart 2, chapter 5Prince Myshkin, in thought
Judge the Russian people not by the abominations they so often commit, but by the great and holy things for which, even in their abomination, they constantly yearn.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyA Writer's DiaryFebruary 1876, chapter 1, section 2 ("On Love of the People. An Essential Pact with the People")
The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the great thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Dream of a Ridiculous ManChapter 5The ridiculous man
The higher harmony is not worth the tears of one tortured child.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 5, chapter 4 ("Rebellion")Ivan Karamazov
Circulating, but not genuine
Look at you comforting others with the words you wish someone had said to you.
Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky
I was burning, while you came blaming me for the smell of ashes.
Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky
We all came out from under Gogol's 'Overcoat'.
Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky