“if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“because I am the nastiest, stupidest, absurdest and most envious of all the worms on earth, who are not a bit better… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“An angel in heaven I've told already; but I want to tell an angel on earth.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The truly great are, in my view, always bound to feel a great sense of sadness during their time upon earth.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“...we are of a broad, Karamazovian nature--and this is what I am driving at--capable of containing all possible opposites and of contemplating… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“On our earth we can only love sincerely with suffering and through suffering. We do not know how to love any other… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There is something in expressly touching in nature round Petersburg, when at the approach of spring she puts forth all her might,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“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 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
“Repeat to yourself every day and as often as you can: ‘O Lord, have mercy on all those who will appear before… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But the foolish children will have to learn some day that, rebels though they be and riotous from nature, they are too… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Laugh away; I will put up with any mockery rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry. I know,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Poor people are subject to fancies — this is a provision of nature.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“[Alyosha] was to some extent a youth of our last epoch — that is, honest in nature, desiring the truth, seeking for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Remember especially that you cannot be the judge of anyone. For there can be no judge of a criminal on earth until… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“If the wickedness of people arouses indignation and insurmountable grief in you, to the point that you desire to revenge yourself upon… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Do you suppose, gentlemen, that our children as they grow up and begin to reason can avoid such questions? No, they cannot,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Father,' he asked, 'are rich people stronger than anyone else on earth?' 'Yes Ilusha,' I said, 'there are no people on earth… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, ‘I am… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed how dogs sniff at one another when they meet? It seems to be their nature. - Yes; it's a… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For each now strives to isolate his person as much as possible from the others, wishing to experience within himself life's completeness,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Whoever infringes upon individual 'charity,'" I began, "infringes upon man's nature and scorns his personal dignity. But the organizing of 'social charity'… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Love God's people. Because we have come here and shut ourselves within these walls, we are no holier than those that are… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I understand, of course, what an upheaval of the universe it will be when everything in heaven and earth blends in one… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I think thus of Satan's pride: it is difficult for us on earth to comprehend it, and therefore, how easy it is… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“He is a man of intelligence, but to act sensibly, intelligence is not enough.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“- 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 Image
“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 Image
