Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Lying, Alive, Criminal Mind

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.440, Bantam Classics

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The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Escaping, Way, Prison

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A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Wisdom, Truth, Lying

"The Brothers Karamazov". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1879 - 1880.

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Pain and 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 Dostoevsky

Inspirational, Sad, Pain

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.262, Google Publishing

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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Truth, Honesty, Punishment

"Crime and Punishment". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Part VI, Chapter 4, p. 471), 1866.

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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Good Night, God, Stars

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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

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Unhappy, Paradise, Fool

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Idiot (English French edition illustrated): L’Idiot (Anglais Français édition illustré)”, p.1139, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Moving On, Heart, Past

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I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Caring, Problem, Gave Up

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2016). “Short Stories”, p.185, Xist Publishing

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Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Love, Spiritual, Animal

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.484, First Avenue Editions

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Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Law, Wish, Care

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fighting, Conflict, Feels

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To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Independent, Punishment, Way

"Crime and Punishment".

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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Love, Life, Suffering

FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”

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To love another person is to see them as God intended them to be.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Persons

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If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Earth, Rational, Happens

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He who masters the grey everyday is a hero.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Hero, Everyday, Masters

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The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Suicide, Believe, Envy

"The Idiot". Book by Fyodor Dostoevsky (p. 2151), 1874.

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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men, Literature, Months

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Meaningful, Work, Men

"Fire Up Your Life: Living with Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Prove, Nothing to Lose". Book by Ken Davis (p. 31), 1995.

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Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men, Hands, Cowardice

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Humanity can live without science, it can live without bread, but it cannot live without beauty. Without beauty, there would be nothing left to do in this life. Here the secret lies. Here lies the entire story.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Lying, Humanity, Secret

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You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Life, Beautiful, Memories

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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Life Changing, Intelligence, Crime And Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “Crime and Punishment”, p.235, Vintage

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A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Criminals, Citizens, Prison

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Born: November 11, 1821
Died: February 9, 1881
Occupation: Novelist
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