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Fyodor Dostoevsky was a Russian essayist, short story writer, novelist, philosopher, and journalist. He was born on 11th November 1821 in Moscow, Russia, and died on 9th February 1881, St. Petersburg. His full name was Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. His literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia and engage with various philosophical and religious themes.
He is known as one of the finest novelists. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Below we have added these most famous Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes! Read them to learn more about his thoughts.
Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
โI have so much to say to you that I am afraid I shall tell you nothing.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV: A NOVEL IN FOUR PARTS AND AN EPILOGUE
โYou ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โSomething in my soul was rising, rising, ceaselessly, painfully, and refused to be still.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โDonโt let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE IDIOT
โWith such a hell in your heart and your head, how can you live? How can you love ?โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV: A NOVEL IN FOUR PARTS AND AN EPILOGUE
โI used to imagine adventures for myself, I invented a life, so that I could at least exist somehow.โ SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โSilence is always beautiful , and a silent person is always more beautiful than one who talks.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE ADOLESCENT(VINTAGE CLASSICS)
โMan only likes to count his troubles; he doesnโt calculate his happiness .โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โWatch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โYou will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โPain 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.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โHere is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.โ SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โDestroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โWe sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โItโs life that matters, nothing but lifeโthe process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE IDIOT(WORDSWORTH CLASSICS)
โBut I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main roadโthere one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โYour worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โI create entire romances in my dreams .โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: WHITE NIGHTS AND OTHER STORIES
โIf you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: DEMONS: THE POSSESSED, THE DEVILS
โSomething had caught fire within me, a purpose had revealed itself.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โYou donโt need free will to determine that twice two is four. thatโs not what I call free will .โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โThe whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano-key!โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โHow can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself .โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โThe best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โIn despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of oneโs position.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โTo think too much is a disease.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โAn intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
โIntelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โIt takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โTo go wrong in oneโs own way is better than to go right in someone elseโs.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โI gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared .โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN
โTaking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โItโs the moon that makes it so still, weaving some mystery.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
โWhat is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โThe secret of manโs being is not only to live but to have something to live for.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โI am too young and Iโve loved you too much.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY SOURCE: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
โThe best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows heโs in prison.โย
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
โNothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.โ
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
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