“The last moment had come, the last drops had to be drained! So a man will sometimes go through half an hour… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He saw that the Prisoner had listened carefully all the time, looking gently in his face--But evidently he did not want to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He walked, looking about him angrily and distractedly. All his ideas now seemed to be circling round some single point, and he… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The triumphant sense of security, of deliverance from overwhelming danger, that was what filled his whole soul that moment without thought for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I passed by your lodging just now, and thought: 'I'll go in to him; he is kinder than any of them, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But I repeat for the hundredth time, there is one case, one only, when man may consciously, purposely, desire what is injurious… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For the time being you, too, are toying, out of despair, with your magazine articles and drawing-room discussions without believing in your… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Recalling it afterwards, that moment stood out in his mind vividly, distinctly, for ever; he could not make out how he had… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen, then: we are not with you, but with him, that is our secret! For a long time now - eight centuries… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There are moments in the life of old liars who have been play-acting all their lives when they are so carried away… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He kissed the cross greedily; he made haste to kiss, as though in haste not to forget to provide himself with something… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“One's own free unfettered choice, one's own caprice, however wild it may be, one's own fancy worked up at times to frenzy… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And who knows (one cannot vouch for it), perhaps the whole goal mankind strives for on earth consists just in this ceaselessness… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“At seven o’clock Ivan got into the train and set off to Moscow. ‘Away with the past. I’ve done with the old… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen, nothing's better than being useful. Tell me how, at the present moment, I can be most of of use. I know… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Imagine: inside, in the nerves, in the head—that is, these nerves are there in the brain ... (damn them!) there are sort… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“[The Devil] "This legend is about paradise. There was, they say, a certain thinker and philospher here on your earth, who 'rejected… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“He vividly recalled those old doubts and perplexities, and it seemed to him that it was no mere chance that he recalled… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Sincere and unspiteful laughter is mirth, but where is there any mirth in our time, and do people know how to be… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Why are they crying? Why are they crying?" Mitya asks, flying past them at a great clip. "The wee one, the driver… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Another time, twice, in fact, I tried hard to be in love. I suffered, too, gentlemen, I assure you. In the depth… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I heard exactly the same thing, a long time ago to be sure, from a doctor," the elder remarked. "He was then… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Once he went into the mountains on a clear, sunny day, and wandered about for a long time with a tormenting thought… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And the son bursting into his father's house, killing him, and at the same time not killing him, this is not even… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is that instinctive need of having a worship in common that is the chief suffering of every man, the chief concern… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Yes, they certainly are poor — Oh, my God, how poor! At the same time, never a sound comes from their room.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“May your sky always be clear, may your dear smile always be bright and happy, and may you be for ever blessed… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And it all flew away like a dream--even my passion, and yet it really was strong and true, but...where has it gone… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There are moments when people love crime," Alyosha said pensively. "Yes, yes! You've spoken my own thought, they love it, they all… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted--you will find… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“You say I haven’t any orginality. But mark this, dear Prince, there’s nothing more annoying for a man of our time and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I seem to be afraid of any SERIOUS book—afraid of permitting any SERIOUS preoccupation to break the spell of the passing moment.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I predict that at the very moment when you see despairingly that, despite all your efforts, you have not only not come… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And a real , undoubted grief is sometimes capable of making a solid and steadfast man even out of a phenomenally light-minded… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is curious that this man who, even in my childhood, made such an impression upon me, who had such a crucial… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Oh, I remember, I remember all those moments! And I want to add, too, that when such young creatures, such sweet young… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen, Parfyon, a few moments ago you asked me a question, and this is my answer: the essence of religious feeling has… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is this demand for a universality of worship that has been the chief torment of each and every man individually and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“Listen! I know it's not right to talk. Better to set an example, better to just start - I have already started - and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“When all are undressed, one is somehow not ashamed, but when one's the only one undressed and everybody is looking, it's degrading,' he kept… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“I repeat, I repeat with emphasis: all "direct" persons and men of action are active just because they are stupid and limited. How explain… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“He is a man of intelligence, but to act sensibly, intelligence is not enough.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be good without… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“From an encounter in 1862... “Dickens told me,” Dostoyevsky recalled in a letter written years later, “that all the good, simple people in his… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“It must be the top drawer," he reflected. "So she carries the keys in a pocket on the right. All in one bunch on… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“- You take evil for good. It's a passing crisis. It's the result of your illness, perhaps. - You do despise me! It's simply… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“Clouds overlaid the sky as with a shroud of mist, and everything looked sad, rainy, and threatening under a fine drizzle which was beating… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“I think I could stand anything, any suffering, only to be able to say and to repeat to myself every moment, 'I exist.' In… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“There is no more ceaseless or tormenting care for man, as long as he remains free, than to find someone to bow down to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
![“[The Devil] "This legend is about paradise. There was, they say, a certain thinker and philospher here on your earth, who 'rejected all--laws, conscience faith, and, above all, the future life. He died and thought he'd go straight into darkness and death, but no--there was the future life before…” quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/311/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_future-life_the-devil-this-legend-is-about-paradise_1737212.jpg)
