Without God all things are permitted. Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky More Quotes From Fyodor Dostoevsky The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment. Fyodor Dostoevsky sin suffering men Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute. Fyodor Dostoevsky over-you watches looks Dreams seem to be spurred on not by reason but by desire, not by the head but by the heart, and yet what complicated tricks my reason has played sometimes in dreams. Fyodor Dostoevsky dream desire heart There were moments when I hated everybody I came across, innocent or guilty, and looked at them as thieves who were robbing me of my life with impunity. The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself - but you just can't help it. Fyodor Dostoevsky unbearable thieves unjust Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped. Fyodor Dostoevsky stupid wise believe For broad understanding and deep feeling, you need pain and suffering. Fyodor Dostoevsky pain understanding feelings My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime? Fyodor Dostoevsky bliss moments happiness Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. Fyodor Dostoevsky deep-thought happiness world For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance. Fyodor Dostoevsky secret goes-on men The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it. Fyodor Dostoevsky jealous forgiving knows Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally there are still others which a man is even afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has a considerable number of such things stored away. That is, one can even say that the more decent he is, the greater the number of such things in his mind. Fyodor Dostoevsky secret numbers men Bad people are to be found everywhere, but even among the worst there may be something good. Fyodor Dostoevsky found may people One must love life before loving its meaning ... yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us. Fyodor Dostoevsky console love-life disappear To kill someone for committing murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself. Murder by legal sentence is immeasurably more terrible than murder by brigands. Fyodor Dostoevsky punishment crime murder Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window Fyodor Dostoevsky doors window You can be sincere and still be stupid. Fyodor Dostoevsky deep-thought ignorance stupid I am strongly convinced that not only too much consciousness but even any consciousness at all is a sickness. Fyodor Dostoevsky sickness consciousness too-much You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there’s no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of man’s nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, of the whole human life including reason and all the impulses. And although our life, in this manifestation of it, is often worthless, yet it is life and not simply extracting square roots. Fyodor Dostoevsky squares roots men A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments. Fyodor Dostoevsky high-standards hate men At some thoughts one stands perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sin, and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that once for all, you may subdue the whole world. Fyodor Dostoevsky strong humility humble
