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

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Stories, Existentialism, Minimalist

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

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Overcoming, World, Want

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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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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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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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To think too much is a disease.

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Thinking, Disease, Too Much

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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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Only through suffering can we find ourselves.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Climbing, Challenges, Suffering

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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

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People, Ridiculous, Miserable

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If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.

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Earth, Rational, Happens

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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.

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Stupid, Ignorance, Deep Thought

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Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

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Inspirational, Mean, People

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Only the heart knows how to find what is precious.

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Inspiration, Heart, Know How

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov (卡拉馬助夫兄弟們)”, p.841, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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And so I ask myself: 'Where are your dreams?' And I shake my head and mutter: 'How the years go by!' And I ask myself again: 'What have you done with those years? Where have you buried your best moments? Have you really lived? Look,' I say to myself, 'how cold it is becoming all over the world!' And more years will pass and behind them will creep grim isolation. Tottering senility will come hobbling, leaning on a crutch, and behind these will come unrelieved boredom and despair. The world of fancies will fade, dreams will wilt and die and fall like autumn leaves from the trees. . . .

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Dream, Fall, Autumn

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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.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Laughter, Men, Laughing

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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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Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Hard Work, Love Is, Long

Fyodor Dostoevsky (2003). “Brothers Karamazov”, p.428, Bantam Classics

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

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Criminals, Citizens, Prison

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