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
grief joy bereavement
It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.
over-you looks watches
Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.
deep-thought brothers-karamazov ifs
If there were no God, he would have to be invented.
dream heart desire
Dreams seem to be spurred on not by reason but by desire, not by the head but by the heart, and yet what complicated tricks my reason has played sometimes in dreams.
power feet matter
Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!
sad men seductive
Nothing is more seductive for a man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering.
loneliness believe men
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and praise God in your loneliness.
memories home years
There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a memory connected with childhood, with home.
caring problem gave-up
I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.
responsible ifs
If you can put the question, 'Am I or am I not responsible for my acts?' then you are responsible.
happiness laughter joy
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
wisdom lying believe
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.
numbers wealth can-do
Wealth is the number of things one can do without.
atheist believe men
Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel.