When he has lost all hope, all object in life, man becomes a monster in his misery. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolations that an… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Men like to to count their troubles; few calculate their happiness. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
As soon as any one is near me, his personality disturbs my self-complacency and restricts my freedom. In twenty-four hours I begin… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Now I'm living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am a most unpleasant man. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound… — Fyodor Dostoevsky 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
Man is a pliable animal, a being who gets accustomed to everything! — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and… — 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
“There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed it is… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“It is true I am a complete stranger to these people, but they are not strangers to me.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Love to throw yourself on the earth and kiss it. Kiss the earth and love it with an unceasing, consuming love. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
They have this social justification for every nasty thing they do! — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“To kill for murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself. Murder by legal sentence is immeasurably more terrible than murder by… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
