A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky Man is bound to lie about himself Fyodor Dostoevsky bounds men lying Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw. Fyodor Dostoevsky wisps drowning men There is no virtue if there is no immortality. Fyodor Dostoevsky immortality virtue ifs It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. Fyodor Dostoevsky young wonderful night It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer? Fyodor Dostoevsky insisting gratitude praise When he has lost all hope, all object in life, man becomes a monster in his misery. Fyodor Dostoevsky misery monsters men One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others. Fyodor Dostoevsky oneself blame firsts A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel. Fyodor Dostoevsky beast human-beings humans How many ideas have there been in the history of man which were unthinkable ten years before they appeared? Fyodor Dostoevsky men years ideas But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal rather than the goal itself. Fyodor Dostoevsky player success men Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. Fyodor Dostoevsky deceiving-others truth lying A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth. Fyodor Dostoevsky true-friend compassion heart My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally. Fyodor Dostoevsky my-friends ifs Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another. Fyodor Dostoevsky laziness people firsts He walked on without resting. He had a terrible longing for some distraction, but he did not know what to do, what to attempt. A new overwhelming sensation was gaining more and more mastery over him every moment; this was an immeasurable, almost physical, repulsion for everything surrounding him, an obstinate, malignant feeling of hatred. All who met him were loathsome to him - he loathed their faces, their movements, their gestures. If anyone had addressed him, he felt that he might have spat at him or bitten him... . Fyodor Dostoevsky gestures hatred feelings All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels. Fyodor Dostoevsky angel wings people At such times I felt something was drawing me away, and I kept fancying that if I walked straight on, far, far away and reached that line where the sky and earth meet, there I should find the key to the mystery, there I should see a new life a thousand times richer and more turbulent than ours. Fyodor Dostoevsky drawing keys sky I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness. Fyodor Dostoevsky sickness gentleman real And the more I drink the more I feel it. That's why I drink too. I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink.... I drink so that I may suffer twice as much! Fyodor Dostoevsky suffering feelings trying If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. Fyodor Dostoevsky laughter talking men
