Quotogeny

Topic

Quotes about kindness

  1. Compassion is the chief and perhaps the only law of human existence.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe IdiotPart 2, chapter 5Prince Myshkin, in thought

  2. Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 1, Book 2, chapter 4 ("A Lady of Little Faith")Father Zosima

  3. 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

  4. To love people as they are is impossible. And yet one must.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe AdolescentPart 2, chapter 1, section 4Andrei Petrovich Versilov

Circulating, but not genuine

  1. Look at you comforting others with the words you wish someone had said to you.

    Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky