Fyodor Dostoevsky
~ 1821 - 1881
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) was a renowned Russian writer known for his groundbreaking novels exploring psychological complexities and existential themes. His works, such as "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov," have had a profound influence on literature, philosophy, and psychology, making him one of the greatest novelists in history.
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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'Kane Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.
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The second half of a man’s life is usually made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
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Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
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Above all, do not lie to yourself.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you had no idea how to achieve them and in your misery you began to hate everything around you.
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There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
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Be careful in casting out your devils lest you cast out the best thing that's in you.
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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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Fyodor Dostoevsky (1990). "The Brothers Karamazov", p. 440, Bantam Classics
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
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For the secret of human existence lies not only in living but in knowing what to live for.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
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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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A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
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I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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