Fear Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Fear of aesthetics is the first sign of powerlessness”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Dear friends, don't be afraid of life! How good is life when one does something good and just!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Who fears the wolf should never enter the forest. What?”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The last moment had come, the last drops had to be drained! So a man will sometimes go through half an hour…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find some one quickly to whom he can hand…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It may be that you ought to thank God; why, for all you know he may be preserving you for something. Be…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Hm ... yes ... a man holds the fate of the world in his two hands, and yet, simply because he is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Thus a man will sometimes suffer half an hour of mortal fear with a robber, but once the knife is finally at…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I was also afraid to the point of illness of being ridiculous, and therefore slavishly worshipped routine in everything to do with…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“it's as if I'm afraid to spoil the charm of what has only just passed by a serious book or some serious…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Above all, avoid lying, especially lying to yourself. Keep watching out for your lies, watch for them every hour, every minute. Also…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“There is no doubt that these legendary gentlemen were capable of experiencing, even to an intense degree, the sensation of fear--otherwise they…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Never be frightened at your own faint-heartedness in attaining love. Don't be frightened overmuch even at your evil actions. I am sorry…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I don’t understand how, up to now, an atheist could know there is no God and not kill himself at once. To…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“As always, I do not blame anyone. I've tried great debauchery and exhausted my strength in it; but I don't like debauchery…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Brother, these last two months I've found in myself a new man. A new man has risen up in me. He was…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Each man cannot judge except by himself," he said, blushing. "There will be entire freedom when it makes no difference whether one…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky