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
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.
mysterious ache
You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.
reality wish use
Paradise is hidden in each one of use, it is concealed within me too, right now, and if I wish, it will come for me in reality, tomorrow even, and for the rest of my life.
lying humanity secret
Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story.
giving-up luxury easy
Luxuries are easy to take up but very difficult to give up
real disease honest
To be acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease.
truth lying deceiving-others
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
mean being-in-love
Being in love doesn't mean loving.
children giving people
Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.
character men belief
To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief without the slightest misgiving.
liberty
Money is coined liberty.