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
love-is men earth
Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the divine love, and is the summit of love on earth.
two giving pieces
Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring your path and spitting. 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.
gambling tables superstitions
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?
feelings suffering trying
And the more I drink the more I feel it. That's why I drink too. I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink.... I drink so that I may suffer twice as much!
men laughing deep-thought
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
men insightful meaning-of-life
Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life.
men suffering sin
The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
heart men sensitive-man
That's just the point: an honest and sensitive man opens his heart, and the man of business goes on eating - and then he eats you up.
never-forget complicated motive
We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another.
virtue immortality ifs
There is no virtue if there is no immortality.
deep-thought world save-the-world
Beauty would save the world.
memories father heart
I bless the rising sun each day, and, as before, my heart sings to meet it, but now I love even more its setting, its long slanting rays & the soft tender gentle memories that come with them...’ -Father Zossima
romantic order romance
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
cutting reality doe
Reality is infinitely diverse, compared with even the subtlest conclusions of abstract thought, and does not allow of clear-cut and sweeping distinctions. Reality resists classification.