Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
Fedor Dostoevsky quote Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Fedor Dostoevsky quote Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Fedor Dostoevsky quote Biography
Russian novelist 1821-81 think of great tomes such as The Idiot and Crime and Punishment