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 men roots
And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.
atheist doe ifs
If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.
jesus believe men
[to Jesus] You did not come down from the cross when they shouted to you, mocking and reviling you: "Come down from the cross and we will believe that it is you." You did not come down because, again, you did not want to enslave man by a miracle and thirsted for faith that is free, not miraculous...I swear, man is created weaker and baser than you thought him! How, how can he ever accomplish the same things as you? ...Respecting him less, you would have demanded less of him, and that would be closer to love, for his burden would be lighter.
pain years essence
But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer pain, in this assiduously constructed, and yet somewhat dubious hopelessness, in all this poision of unfulfilled desires turned inward, this fever of vacillations, of resolutions adopted for eternity, and of repentances a moment later that you find the very essence of that strange, sharp pleasure.
suicide believe suicidal
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even in hell, in spite of their certain knowledge and contemplation of the absolute truth; there are some fearful ones who have given themselves over to Satan and his proud spirit entirely. For such, hell is voluntary and ever consuming; they are tortured by their own choice. For they have cursed themselves, cursing God and life. And they will burn in the fire of their own wrath forever and yearn for death and annihilation. But they will not attain to death.
despair hopelessness pleasure
It's in despair that you find the sharpest pleasures, particularly when you are most acutely aware of the hopelessness of your position.
disease facts consciousness
But yet I am firmly persuaded that a great deal of consciousness, every sort of consciousness, in fact, is a disease.
respect lying men
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.
suffering want
I want to suffer and be purified by suffering!
engineering may strive
To strive consciously for an object and to engage in engineering -- that is, incessantly and eternally to make new roads, wherever they may lead.
useless reason explaining
...there is no explaining anything by reasoning and so it is useless to reason.
self-esteem struggle adversity
originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
falling-in-love hate mean
But to fall in love does not mean to love. One can fall in love and still hate.
suffering atonement achieve
Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.