Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

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.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Love a man, even in his sin, for that love is a likeness of the divine love, and is the summit of love on earth

If God does not exist, then everything is permitted

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love

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.

The soul is healed by being with children

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

The secret of man`s being is not only to live but to have something to live for.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic

If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness