... people only count their misfortunes; their good luck they take no account of. But if they were to take everything into account, as they should, they'd find that they had their fair share of it. Notes from Underground
People should be beautiful in every way—in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts and in their innermost selves. Seagull
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. Essays
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is. Man's Search For Meaning
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