Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

It's not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles.

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I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that’s all it is. It’s not a matter of intellect or logic, it’s loving with one’s inside, with one’s stomach.

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Remember, too, every day, and whenever you can, repeat to yourself, Lord, have mercy on all who appear before Thee today. For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not!

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Life [had] replaced logic.

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

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For a woman, all resurrection, all salvation, from whatever perdition, lies in love; in fact, it is her only way to it.

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Beauty will save the world

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Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your own lie and examine it every hour, every minute. And avoid contempt, both of others and of yourself: what seems bad to you in yourself is purified by the very fact that you have noticed it in yourself. And avoid fear, though fear is simply the consequence of every lie. Never be frightened at your own faintheartedness in attaining love, and meanwhile do not even be very frightened by your own bad acts.

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In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.

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The sky was horribly dark , but one could distinctly see tattered clouds , and between them fathomless black patches. Suddenly I noticed in one of these patches a star , and began watching it intently. That was because that star had given me an idea : I decided to kill myself that night .

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To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.

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Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid - the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.

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What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead.

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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.

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My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.

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Pray to God for gladness. Be glad as children, as the birds of heaven. And let not the sin of men confound you in your doings. Fear not that it will wear away your work and hinder its being accomplished. Do not say, 'Sin is mighty, wickedness is mighty, evil environment is mighty, and we are lonely and helpless, and evil environment is wearing us away and hindering our good work from being done.' Fly from that dejection, children!

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Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also.

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But people will laugh at all sorts of things.

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To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well.

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originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

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