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
wish paradise life-is
We do not understand that life is paradise, for it suffices only to wish to understand it, and at once paradise will appear in front of us in its beauty.
eye winter boys
'Ever seen a leaf - a leaf from a tree?' 'Yes.' I saw one recently - a yellow one, a little green, wilted at the edges. Blown by the wind. When I was a little boy, I used to shut my eyes in winter and imagine a green leaf, with veins on it, and the sun shining ...' 'What's this - an allegory?' "No; why? Not an allegory - a leaf, just a leaf. A leaf is good. Everything's good.'
relationship dream action
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.
respect lying occupy-yourself
Above all, do not lie to yourself.
firsts appearance symptoms
The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.
gogol overcoat russian-literature
We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'.
faith inspiration order
Let us be servants in order to be leaders.
too-much young
I am too young and I've loved you too much.
deep-thought shelter earth
If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.
hope deep-thought hoping-for-the-best
To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
ideas easier harder
There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas.
two gambling tables
Even as I approach the gambling hall, as soon as I hear, two rooms away, the jingle of money poured out on the table, I almost go into convulsions.
inability-to-love inability hell
Hell is the inability to love.
imagination say-anything world
...one may say anything about the history of the world - anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing one can't say is that it's rational.