For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance.


The Brothers Karamazov (1880)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not ...

For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not ...

For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not ...

For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not ...