Fyodor Dostoevsky

"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. "

"Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea. "

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. "

"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half. "