More Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.
The soul is healed by being with children.
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.
I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.
Oh I’ve plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.
To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
If he’s alive he has everything in his power! Whose fault is it he doesn’t understand that.
I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
