More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort.
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.
I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.
Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.
Money is coined liberty.
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he’s a good man.
I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison.
Anyone who can appease a man’s conscience can take his freedom away from him.
