Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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...
analysis analyzed blindness cruel divine great handed holy indeed left parts power science
Science which has become a great power in the lastcentury, has analyzed everything divine handed down tous in the holy books. After this cruel analysis thelearned of this world have nothing left of all thatwas sacred. But they have only analyzed the parts andoverlooked the whole, and indeed their blindness ismarvelous.
brains generous guides matter
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
compel great others respected
If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
admit charming excellent five four twice
I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too
efforts goal man reach
Without some goal and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.
afraid decent man number stored
There are... things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.