Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes
25 quotes
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist exploring human psychology and spiritual depth
25 Quotes
The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God
— Crime and Punishment, Part VI, Chapter V
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons
— The House of the Dead, Part 1, Chapter 2
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart
— Crime and Punishment, Part III, Chapter 1
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
— The Brothers Karamazov, Book VII, Chapter 5
Beauty will save the world
— The Idiot, Part III, Chapter V
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
— The Brothers Karamazov, Book V, Chapter 3
Man is unhappy because he doesn’t know he’s happy
— The Possessed (Demons), Part II, Chapter VIII
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid
— The Idiot, Part III, Chapter 1
A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart
— The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, Chapter III
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery
— Crime and Punishment, Part 2, Chapter 1
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
— Notes from Underground, Part I, Section 2
Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth
— Crime and Punishment, Part I, Chapter II
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others
— The Brothers Karamazov, Book II, Chapter 2
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys
— Notes from Underground, Part I, Chapter V
We are all responsible for all, for all men before all, and I more than all others
— The Brothers Karamazov, Book VI, 'The Russian Monk'
To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's
— Crime and Punishment, Part III, Chapter 5
Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel
— Notes from Underground, Part 1, Chapter 2
To live without hope is to cease to live.
— The Possessed (Demons), Part II, Chapter 2
Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time
— Notes from Underground, Part 1, Chapter 9
The soul is healed by being with children
— The Idiot, Part II, Chapter 5
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else
— The Brothers Karamazov, Part II, Book II, Chapter 2
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him
— The Brothers Karamazov, Part I, Book II, Chapter 2
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
— Crime and Punishment, Part I, Chapter 6
If God does not exist, everything is permitted
— The Brothers Karamazov, Part IV, Book XI, Chapter 4
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness
— Notes from Underground, Part II, Chapter IX