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
whole-life whole
I punish myself for my whole life, my whole life I punish.
mind desire faces
He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.
civilization way degrees
The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners
miracle
It's not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles.
love eye boys
You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to men by doing violence to your feelings, holding your nose, and shutting your eyes, especially shutting your eyes. Endure their villainy without anger, as much as possible; try to remember that you're a man too. For, if you're even a little above average intelligence, you'll have the propensity to judge people severely. Men are vile by nature and they'd rather love out of fear. Don't give in to such love: despise it always.
stupid men intelligent
Now I'm living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man cannot turn himself into anything, that only a fool can make anything he wants out of himself.
beautiful intelligent faces
Let it not be a beautiful face,' I thought, 'but to make up for that, let it be a noble, an expressive, and, above all, an extremely intelligent one.
miracle forever three
There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.
two four needs
you don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will
adventure dark back-alleys
But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.
all-things without-god
Without God all things are permitted.
brother men prejudice
Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even a single great man.
happy-love ifs
We are all happy if we but knew it.
disease consciousness genuine
I swear to you, sirs, that excessive consciousness is a disease--a genuine, absolute disease.