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
mistake making-mistakes doe
Of course I shall go astray often...for who does not make mistakes? But I cannot go far wrong for I have seen the truth.
laziness results ifs
Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.
gratitude world-and-love embracing-love
If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery of things.
summer fall winter
In summer, intolerable closeness; in winter, unendurable cold. All the floors were rotten. Filth on the floors an inch thick; one could slip and fall...
men every-man
It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go. For there are times when one absolutely must go at least somewhere!
men years interest
When . . . in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?
men earth made
Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.
karma children father
Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
men animal engineering
Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.
nasty social justification
They have this social justification for every nasty thing they do!
real illness conscious
To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.
heart sorrow wells
Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up.
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.
respect self-esteem my-self-worth
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.