Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“His position at that moment was like the position of a man standing over a frightful precipice, when the earth breaks away… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The plague spread and moved on. In the whole world only a few people were able to save themselves: the pure and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And who knows (one cannot vouch for it), perhaps the whole goal mankind strives for on earth consists just in this ceaselessness… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The silence of earth seemed to melt into the silence of the heavens. The mystery of earth was one with the mystery… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And how many ideas have there been upon earth, in human history, which only ten years earlier were unimaginable and which suddenly… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Love one another, fathers," the elder taught (as far as Alyosha could recall afterwards). "Love God's people. For we are not holier… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Whoever infringes upon individual 'charity' infringes upon man's nature and scorns his personal dignity” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Oh, how awful is truth on earth! That exquisite creature, that gentle spirit, that heaven - she was a tyrant, she was… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“[The Devil] "This legend is about paradise. There was, they say, a certain thinker and philospher here on your earth, who 'rejected… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“For know, dear ones, that every one of us is undoubtedly responsible for all men- and everything on earth, not merely through… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you, novice, that the absurd is only too necessary on earth. The world stands on absurdities, and perhaps nothing… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There is no sin, and there can be no sin on all the earth, which the Lord will not forgive to the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Had you accepted that third counsel of the mighty spirit, you would have furnished all that man seeks on earth, that is:… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And yet everyone goes toward one and the same thing, at least everyone strives for one and the same thing, from the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Their favourite phrase! From which it follows that, if society is normally organised, all crime will cease at once, since there will… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“What right did this Nature have to bring me into the world as a result of some eternal law of hers? I… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen," Kirillov stopped, gazing before him with fixed, ecstatic eyes. "Listen to a big idea: There was one day on earth, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But then, we have science, and with its help we shall discover Truth once more; then we shall accept it in full… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“My God, but what do I care about the laws of nature and arithmetic if for some reason these laws and two… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And you and I had better go work on the land. I want to scrape the earth with my hands.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“...they ate the apple, and knew good and evil, and became 'as gods.' And they still go on eating it. But little… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Human nature is not taken into account, it is excluded, it's not supposed to exist! They don't recognise that humanity, developing by… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“...the laws of nature have continually all my life offended me more than anything.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“... we took from him, ... proclaimed ourselves sole rulers of the earth, though we have not yet been able to complete our work.” — 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
