22 Dostoevsky Quotes: Wisdom, Suffering, Love, Humanity, Existence, Truth, Beauty, Hope, Pain, Redemption, Faith, Philosophy, Life, Joy, Compassion, Character.
Fyodor Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, philosopher, and essayist, left behind a wealth of profound quotes in his works.
Dostoevsky Quotes
1. "Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth."
2. "The soul is healed by being with children."
3. "The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"
4. "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, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others."
5. "Man is fond of counting his troubles but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it."
6. "The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
7. "Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."
8. "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."
9. "The world will be saved by beauty."
10. "To love someone means to see them as God intended them."
11. "To live without hope is to cease to live."
12. "Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand of it."
13. "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most."
14. "If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
15. "The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
16. "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, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others."
17. "It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas."
18. "Without some goal and some effort to reach it, no man can live."
19. "To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's."
20. "Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare."
21. "The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"
22. "Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering."
These quotes capture the depth and complexity of Dostoevsky's thoughts on various aspects of life, love, suffering, and human nature.
Dostoevsky Quotes
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