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
money men liberty
Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to a man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.
stupid men stupidity
Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid.
brother brotherhood facts
Until you have become really, in actual fact, as brother to everyone, brotherhood will not come to pass.
stupidity honest clarity
The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.
spring believe heart
Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are dear to me, the blue sky is dear to me, some people are dear to me, whom one loves sometimes, would you believe it, without even knowing why; some human deeds are dear to me, which one has perhaps long ceased believing in, but still honors with one's heart, out of old habit..." --Ivan Karamazov
adversity men suffering
Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact.
men laughing may
I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter you like the laugh of a person completely unknown to you, you may say with assurance that he is good.
attitude views earth
There is no object on earth which cannot be looked at from a cosmic point of view.
inspiration character giving
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness
independent men choices
What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.
men ideas years
How many ideas have there been in the history of man which were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?
truth honesty punishment
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
challenges suffering
Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
world unhappiness unsaid
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.