My soul bleeds and the blood steadily, silently, disturbingly slowly, swallows me whole. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Adversity Copy Share Image
Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning... — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and punishment Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'm not so good as I seem to you. I've a bad heart; I will have my own way.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Character Copy Share Image
I never have frustrations. The reason is to wit: Of at first I don't succeed, I quit! — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“In any case, you must remember, my dearest, that the main strength of innocence is innocence itself. farewell.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Farewell Copy Share Image
“You should not have gone murdering people with a hatchet. That is no occupation for a gentleman.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Falsehood Copy Share Image
Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Comedy Copy Share Image
“...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position...” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Despair Copy Share Image
Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the divine love, and is the summit of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Divine Copy Share Image
I've always considered myself smarter than everyone around me, and sometimes, believe me, I've been ashamed of it. At the least, all… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Ashamed Copy Share Image
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime Copy Share Image
“There are crimes that are truly uncomely. With crimes, whatever they may be, the more blood, the more horror there is, the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime Copy Share Image
“Is there beauty in Sodom? Believe me, that for the immense mass of mankind beauty is found in Sodom. Did you know… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Beauty Copy Share Image
There were moments when I hated everybody I came across, innocent or guilty, and looked at them as thieves who were robbing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Guilty Copy Share Image
Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A man would still do something out of sheer perversity - he would create destruction and chaos - just to gain his… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Chaos Copy Share Image
“If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground. The Brothers Karamazov Mitya (Dmitri) to Aloysha who visits him… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“For goodness sake,' they'll cry, 'you cannot argue against it--two times two is four! Nature doesn't consult you; it doesn't give a… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Strong enough Copy Share Image
“Because it begins to seem to me at such times that I am incapable of beginning a life in real life, because… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Dreamer Copy Share Image
“I am leaving now; but know, Katerina Ivanovna, that you indeed love only him. And the more he insults you, the more… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Dignity Copy Share Image
“Give a man love and he will trade his crown for a kiss. Break a man's heart and he will raise empires… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Affection Copy Share Image
“To kill for murder is an immeasurably greater evil than the crime itself. Murder by legal process is immeasurably more dreadful than… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Death Copy Share Image
“Never in her life had she seen such literary men. They were incredibly vain, but made no secret of it, as though… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Life Copy Share Image
“...poverty is not a vice, that's a true saying. Yet I know that drunkenness too is not a virtue and that's even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Character Copy Share Image
I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Anxiety Copy Share Image
If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Giving Copy Share Image
It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“E ke vene re, Seriozha? Sikur qesh me ty duket, kurse ne te vertete nuk te qesh, te do...” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Albanian Copy Share Image
The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Conflict Copy Share Image
Happiness lies not in happiness but only in the attempt to achieve it. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Compel Copy Share Image
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