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
two gentleman four
..., twice two is four is not life, gentlemen, but the beginning of death.
shells alive flesh
Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells.
approval merit
Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.
persons
To love another person is to see them as God intended them to be.
europe russia would-be
Russia was a slave in Europe but would be a master in Asia.
rebel world accepting
I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world.
paradise life-is refuse
Life is paradise, and we are all in paradise, but we refuse to see it.
love men suffering
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering...
irritation torture humiliation
I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll...
hands giving independence
Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we...yes, I assure you...we should be begging to be under control again at once.
return tickets brothers-karamazov
It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.
brother lying firsts
Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.
forgive-me forgiving
Forgive me... for my love -for ruining you with my love.
love-life thinking world-love
I think everyone must love life more than anything else in the world.' 'Love life more than the meaning of it?' 'Yes, certainly. Love it regardless of logic, as you say. Yes, most certainly regardless of logic, for only then will I grasp its meaning. That's what I've been vaguely aware of for a long time. Half your work is done, Ivan: you love life. Now you must try to do the second half and you are saved.