Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded, and that their pride makes them refuse to surrender till the last moment and shrink from giving expression to their feelings before you. to have guessed the truth from the timidity with which she had repeatedly approached her sarcasm, only bringing herself to utter it at last with an effort. Fyodor Dostoevsky sarcasm pride expression It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness. Fyodor Dostoevsky widows cleanliness home I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. An unattractive man. I think that my liver hurts. Fyodor Dostoevsky hurt men thinking For I love the empress of my soul. I love and I cannot but love. You yourself see the whole of me. I shall fly to her, fall down before her: you were right to walk past me.. farewell and forget your victim, never trouble yourself more! Fyodor Dostoevsky farewell love-you fall I'm drunk but truthful. Fyodor Dostoevsky truthful drunk It wasn't the New World that mattered... Columbus died almost without seeing it; and not really knowing what he had discovered. It's life that matters, nothing but life - the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all. Fyodor Dostoevsky knowing discovery world Who doesn't desire his fathers death? Fyodor Dostoevsky desire father Everything passes, only truth remains. Fyodor Dostoevsky remains Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately also began to help. Fyodor Dostoevsky his-love bears heart Filled with rapture, his soul yearned for freedom, space, vastness. Over him the heavenly dome, full of quiet, shining stars, hung boundlessly. From the zenith to the horizon the still-dim Milky Way stretched its double strand. Night, fresh and quiet, almost unstirring, enveloped the earth. The white towers and golden domes of the church gleamed in the sapphire sky. The luxuriant autumn asleep till morning. The silence of the earth seemed to merge with the silence of the heavens and the mystery of the earth touched the mystery of the stars. Fyodor Dostoevsky autumn stars morning Love life more than the meaning of it? Fyodor Dostoevsky brothers-karamazov love-life An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy. Fyodor Dostoevsky shining artist reality I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air! Fyodor Dostoevsky punishment air believe And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn. Fyodor Dostoevsky brothers-karamazov shame hymns Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. Loving all, you will perceive the mystery of God in all. Fyodor Dostoevsky environmental light animal Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream. Fyodor Dostoevsky crime-books punishment dream The sky was horribly dark , but one could distinctly see tattered clouds , and between them fathomless black patches. Suddenly I noticed in one of these patches a star , and began watching it intently. That was because that star had given me an idea : I decided to kill myself that night . Fyodor Dostoevsky stars dark night Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound you in your doings. Fear not that it will wear away your work and hinder its being accomplished. Do not say, 'Sin is mighty, wickedness is mighty, evil environment is mighty, and we are lonely and helpless, and evil environment is wearing us away and hindering our good work from being done.' Fly from that dejection, children! Fyodor Dostoevsky lonely men children Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human Fyodor Dostoevsky nonsense privilege talking Beauty is a terrible and awful thing! It is terrible because it has not been fathomed, for God sets us nothing but riddles. Here the boundaries meet and all contradictions exist side by side. Fyodor Dostoevsky awful sides beautiful
