Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky ... the more I learned, the more conscious did I become of the fact that I was ridiculous. So that for me my years of hard work at the university seem in the end to have existed for the sole purpose of demonstrating and proving to me, the more deeply engrossed I became in my studies, that I was an utterly absurd person Fyodor Dostoevsky hard-work purpose years To crush, to annihilate a man utterly, to inflict on him the most terrible of punishments so that the most ferocious murderer would shudder at it and dread it beforehand, one need only give him work of an absolutely, completely useless and irrational character. Fyodor Dostoevsky crush work character The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will find out at once how to arrange it all. Fyodor Dostoevsky chiefs wanted life I have seen the truth. It is not as though I had invented it in my mind. I have seen it, SEEN IT and the living image of it has filled my soul forever. Fyodor Dostoevsky soul mind forever And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him! Fyodor Dostoevsky eye dream heart And you're sorry that the ephemeral beauty has faded so rapidly, so irretrievably, that it flashed so deceptively and pointlessly before your eyes - you're sorry, for you didn't even have time to fall in love. Fyodor Dostoevsky falling-in-love eye sorry We are born dead, and we are becoming more and more contented with our condition. We are acquiring the taste for it. Fyodor Dostoevsky atheism taste fear I've made a terrible confession to you, he concluded gloomily. Do appreciate it, gentlemen. And it's not enough, not enough to appreciate it, you must not just appreciate it, it should also be precious to you, and if not, if this, too, goes past your souls, then it means you really do not respect me, gentlemen. I tell you that, and I will die of shame at having confessed to such men as you. Fyodor Dostoevsky men mean past Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all. Fyodor Dostoevsky suffering men years I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world. Fyodor Dostoevsky rebel accepting world Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most. Fyodor Dostoevsky fear inspirational life Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous. Fyodor Dostoevsky esteem unbelievable interest There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing. Fyodor Dostoevsky alluring agonizing men I want to suffer so that I may love. Fyodor Dostoevsky suffering want may Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. If anyone finds out he'll become happy at once. Fyodor Dostoevsky unhappy happiness men It's not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles. Fyodor Dostoevsky miracle How good life is when one does something good and just! Fyodor Dostoevsky good-life doe kindness Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought, by long work over a long time, for one ought to love not for a chance moment but for all time. Anyone, even a wicked man, can love by chance. Fyodor Dostoevsky love-is teacher men Life is in ourselves and not in the external. Fyodor Dostoevsky deep-thought life-is And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment. Fyodor Dostoevsky self feelings people
