Russian novelist, philosopher, short story writer, essayist, and journalist
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The soul is healed by being with children. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Yet, I didn’t understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
To love someone means to see them as God intended them. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
You can be sincere and still be stupid. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pain & suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
To think too much is a disease. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Without God all things are permitted. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God! – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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