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
love-life disappear console
One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.
responsible ifs
If you can put the question, 'Am I or am I not responsible for my acts?' then you are responsible.
nice intelligent ideas
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have no talents, no special faculty, no peculiarity even, not one idea of one's own, to be precisely "like other people.
despotism ends unlimited
To begin with unlimited freedom is to end with unlimited despotism.
remains
Everything passes, only truth remains.
never-forget complicated motive
We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another.
vipers brothers-karamazov
Viper will eat viper, and it would serve them both right!
my-friends ifs
My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally.
cooking firsts hares
To cook your hare you must first catch it.
true-friend heart compassion
A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.
worship
Put away your gods and come and worship ours, or we will kill you and your gods!
love-life brothers-karamazov
Love life more than the meaning of it?
circumstances like-me
One circumstance tormented me then: Namely, that no one else was like me, and I was like no one else. I am only one, and they are all.
over-you looks watches
Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.