Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

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

Goal Existence Humans

It takes something more than intelligence to act …It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

Short Wisdom Action Intelligence

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

Truth Honesty Integrity World

Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his …Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.

Happiness Man

Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to …Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.

Funny

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left …Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand …Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

Evil Acceptance Understanding Difficulty

People speak sometimes about the 'bestial' cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and …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.

People

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

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only …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.

The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his …The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

Suffering Man

If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he …If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man ... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man.

Soul Laughter Humans






All Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes


Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear …Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Change Humans

But how could you live and have no story to …But how could you live and have no story to tell?

Inspirational Life Short

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

Short

The soul is healed by being with …The soul is healed by being with children.

Short Soul Children

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

God

Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't …Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

Life Philosophy Wisdom Man

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole …My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

Happiness Moment Pleasure

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep …Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

Heart Pain Intelligence Suffering

I love mankind... but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I …I love mankind... but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love a man in particular.

Love Humanity

The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. …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.

Honesty Reality Intelligence

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

Love Short Suffering

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of …The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

Life Short Fear Perspective

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to …Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

Courage Power

To love is to suffer and there can be no love …To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.

Love Short Suffering

I am alone, I thought, and they are …I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.

Loneliness Short Thought

Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been …Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my …I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.

Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when …Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.