Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 November 1821
CityMoscow, Russia
Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes about
giving-up luxury easy
Luxuries are easy to take up but very difficult to give up
truth honesty punishment
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
heart serenity age
She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.
mistake men errors
Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen.
meaningful work men
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
ideas soul earth
Neither a person nor a nation can exist without some higher idea. And there is only one higher idea on earth, and it is the idea of the immortality of the human soul, for all other "higher" ideas of life by which humans might live derive from that idea alone.
suffering wells idle
And, indeed, I will ask on my own account here, an idle question: which is better - cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better?
differences healthy shade
In a way there's only a fine shade of difference between the healthy and the deranged.
happiness men unhappy
Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. If anyone finds out he'll become happy at once.
simple people wicked
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
mysterious ache
You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.
punishment humanity suffering
I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
money real sunset
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
desire show-me something-better
Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.