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
deep-thought world save-the-world
Beauty would save the world.
perfection understanding may
To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.
being-happy gratitude men
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
success player men
But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself.
deep-thought chaos destruction
Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.
attitude action produce
Right attitudes produces right action
healing healed back-again
You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
kindness compassion law
Compassion is the chief law of human existence.
respect lying occupy-yourself
Above all, don't lie to yourself.
proof hundred suspicion
A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.
there-is-no-god ifs
If there is no God, then I am God.
happiness moments bliss
My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?
hatred feelings movement
He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing for some distraction, but he did not know what to do, what to attempt. A new overwhelming sensation was gaining more and more mastery over him every moment; this was an immeasurable, almost physical, repulsion for everything surrounding him, an obstinate, malignant feeling of hatred. All who met him were loathsome to him - he loathed their faces, their movements, their gestures. If anyone had addressed him, he felt that he might have spat at him or bitten him... .
friendship true-love love-you
To love someone means to see him as God intended him.