“Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Entire life Copy Share Image
At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Art Copy Share Image
How many ideas have there been in the history of man which were unthinkable ten years before they appeared? — Fyodor Dostoevsky History Copy Share Image
Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Civilization Copy Share Image
“... in St. Petersburg, the most abstract and intentional city on the entire globe. (Cities and be intentional or unintentional.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Moscow Copy Share Image
“Drag mi je poneki čovjek kojeg gdjekad, zamisli, i ne znaš zašto voliš, drag mi je poneki ljudski pothvat u koji si… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
... you are a man still young, so to say, in your first youth and so put intellect above everything ... — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Books Copy Share Image
“When I had that idea about the gaslights in the street, I glanced at the sky. It was very dark, but I… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Astronomy Copy Share Image
There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Authority Copy Share Image
One's own free and unfettered volition, one's own caprice, however wild, one's own fancy, inflamed sometimes to the point of madness -… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Caprice Copy Share Image
“I was twenty-four, but even then I led the gloomy, disorganized, solitary existence of a recluse. I stayed away from people, avoided… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Life Copy Share Image
“By interpreting freedom as the propagation and immediate gratification of needs, people distort their own nature, for they engender in themselves a… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Desire Copy Share Image
I must have justice, or I will destroy myself. And not justice in some remote and infinite time and space, but here… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Believer Copy Share Image
“Why did you come in to-night with your heads in the air? 'Make way, we are coming! Give us every right and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Believe in god Copy Share Image
“I could have done even better, miss, and I'd know a lot more, if it wasn't for my destiny ever since childhood.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Children Copy Share Image
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Animal Copy Share Image
The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Accumulating Copy Share Image
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Character Copy Share Image
Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Creation Copy Share Image
The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of God and the immortality of your soul. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Death Copy Share Image
The chief thing is to love others likeyourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it’s good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Care Copy Share Image
Or renounce life altogether! Accept fate obediently as it is, once and for all, and stifle everything in myself, renouncing any right… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor — Fyodor Dostoevsky Freedom Copy Share Image
One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Christ Copy Share Image
“Do you know, my dear Sir, the position of a man who has nowhere to go, and yet has to go somewhere?” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“The queen who mended her stockings in prison must have looked every inch a queen and even more a queen than at… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Honor Copy Share Image
Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Anxiety Copy Share Image
Yes, that's right... love should come before logic ... Only then will man come to understand the meaning of life. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Insightful Copy Share Image
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Courage Copy Share Image
“[…] he is the artist of his own life, and created it for himself every hours to suit his latest whim.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Art Copy Share Image
Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Humans Copy Share Image
...one may say anything about the history of the world - anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky History Copy Share Image
There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Childhood Copy Share Image
Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Bears Copy Share Image
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