Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

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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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• Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then... Well, then I woke up.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Heart, Sorrow, Wells

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

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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.

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  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.

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

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  Lying, Alive, Criminal Mind

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

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

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  Good Night, God, Stars

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

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  Truth, Honesty, Punishment

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

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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.

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  Moving On, Heart, Past

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• If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.

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  Overcoming, World, Want

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

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• Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

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  Sports, Hockey, Suffering

  FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1960). “NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND AND THE GRAND INQUISITOR”

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

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  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.

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  Love, Spiritual, Animal

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

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

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  Love, Life, Suffering

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

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• Only through suffering can we find ourselves.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Climbing, Challenges, Suffering

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

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  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.

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  Independent, Punishment, Way

  "Crime and Punishment".

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• I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.

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  Believe, Men, Ungrateful

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• The most offensive is not their lying - one can always forgive lying - lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth - what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying.

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  Lying, Forgiving, Worship

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.131, Google Publishing

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• Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Conscience, Appease

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• The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.

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  Men, Secret, Purpose

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (1981). “Grand Inquisitor”, p.10, A&C Black

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• You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

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  Spiritual, Philosophy, Healing

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.51, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• Whoever has experienced the power and the unrestrained ability to humiliate another human being automatically loses his own sensations. Tyranny is a habit, it has its own organic life, it develops finally into a disease. The habit can kill and coarsen the very best man or woman to the level of a beast. Blood and power intoxicate ... the return of the human dignity, repentance and regeneration becomes almost impossible.

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  Men, Blood, Levels

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• If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Atheist, Doe, Ifs

  "My heroes are driven by God, but I'm glad my society isn't" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2005.

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• I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Thinking, Creating

  1879-80 The Brothers Karamazov, bk.5, ch.4.

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