Nature Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...the laws of nature have continually all my life offended me more than anything.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Poor people are subject to fancies — this is a provision of nature.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“The truly great are, in my view, always bound to feel a great sense of sadness during their time upon earth.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“... we took from him, ... proclaimed ourselves sole rulers of the earth, though we have not yet been able to complete our work.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And you and I had better go work on the land. I want to scrape the earth with my hands.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If they drive God from earth, we shall shelter him underground - Dmitri Karamazov”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“An angel in heaven I've told already; but I want to tell an angel on earth.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, ‘I am…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But the foolish children will have to learn some day that, rebels though they be and riotous from nature, they are too…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Father,' he asked, 'are rich people stronger than anyone else on earth?' 'Yes Ilusha,' I said, 'there are no people on earth…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And how many ideas have there been upon earth, in human history, which only ten years earlier were unimaginable and which suddenly…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“There is something in expressly touching in nature round Petersburg, when at the approach of spring she puts forth all her might,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“because I am the nastiest, stupidest, absurdest and most envious of all the worms on earth, who are not a bit better…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Merciful Heavens! But what do I care for the laws of nature and arithmetic, when, for some reason I dislike those laws…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Listen, then: we are not with you, but with him, that is our secret! For a long time now - eight centuries…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“My God, but what do I care about the laws of nature and arithmetic if for some reason these laws and two…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It is just his fantastic dreams, his vulgar folly that he will desire to retain, simply in order to prove to himself—as…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Laugh away; I will put up with any mockery rather than pretend that I am satisfied when I am hungry. I know,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...they ate the apple, and knew good and evil, and became 'as gods.' And they still go on eating it. But little…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“But then, we have science, and with its help we shall discover Truth once more; then we shall accept it in full…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Had you accepted that third counsel of the mighty spirit, you would have furnished all that man seeks on earth, that is:…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I understand, of course, what an upheaval of the universe it will be when everything in heaven and earth blends in one…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“And yet everyone goes toward one and the same thing, at least everyone strives for one and the same thing, from the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Listen," Kirillov stopped, gazing before him with fixed, ecstatic eyes. "Listen to a big idea: There was one day on earth, and…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there's no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“Repeat to yourself every day and as often as you can: ‘O Lord, have mercy on all those who will appear before…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Much on earth is concealed from us, but in place of it we have been granted a secret, mysterious sense of our…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“[Alyosha] was to some extent a youth of our last epoch — that is, honest in nature, desiring the truth, seeking for…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“If the wickedness of people arouses indignation and insurmountable grief in you, to the point that you desire to revenge yourself upon…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“[The Devil] "This legend is about paradise. There was, they say, a certain thinker and philospher here on your earth, who 'rejected…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“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

“Oh, how awful is truth on earth! That exquisite creature, that gentle spirit, that heaven - she was a tyrant, she was…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Do you suppose, gentlemen, that our children as they grow up and begin to reason can avoid such questions? No, they cannot,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Their favourite phrase! From which it follows that, if society is normally organised, all crime will cease at once, since there will…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“There is no sin, and there can be no sin on all the earth, which the Lord will not forgive to the…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky