Wealth is the number of things one can do without. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again. Fyodor Dostoevsky spiritualhealingphilosophy It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas. Fyodor Dostoevsky heartlovecharacter The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoevsky spirituallovechildren Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering. Fyodor Dostoevsky sufferinglovemen If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen. Fyodor Dostoevsky rationalearthhappens She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age. Fyodor Dostoevsky serenityageheart My soul bleeds and the blood steadily, silently, disturbingly slowly, swallows me whole. Fyodor Dostoevsky soulwholeblood I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus. Fyodor Dostoevsky perfectbelievejesus I don't need money, or, better, it's not money that I need; it's not even power; I need only what is obtained by power and simply cannot be obtained without power: the solitary and calm awareness of strength! That is the fullest definition of freedom, which the world so struggles over! Fyodor Dostoevsky struggleworldneeds Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice. Fyodor Dostoevsky cowardicemenhands Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad. Fyodor Dostoevsky workmeaningfulmen Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people is shaped and driven forward by an entirely different kind of force, one which commands and coerces them and the origin of which is obscure and inexplicable despite the reality of its presence. Fyodor Dostoevsky differentrealitypeople The world says: "You have needs - satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder. Fyodor Dostoevsky envysuicidebelieve Right attitudes produces right action Fyodor Dostoevsky produceactionattitude Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. Fyodor Dostoevsky laughterhappinesslying I believe the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped. Fyodor Dostoevsky ungratefulmenbelieve He who masters the grey everyday is a hero. Fyodor Dostoevsky everydaymastershero Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante's hell is the inscription: "Leave behind all hope, you who enter here." Fyodor Dostoevsky entranceshopelessnesshell Above all, don't lie to yourself. Fyodor Dostoevsky occupy-yourselfrespectlying There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings. Fyodor Dostoevsky dignityworthysuffering
