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Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes about him

Russian Novelist, Writer November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881

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There is a great and unresolved thought in him. He's one of those who don't need millions, but need to resolve their thought. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom..."
Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
An elder was one who took your soul, your will, into his soul and his will. When you choose an elder, you renounce your own will and yield it to him in complete submission, complete self-abnegation" just like some Muslims who conseiders their sheikh as holy, some christians worship their (elder) Fyodor Dostoevsky
But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with such glee, it's for the sole reason that cutting heads off is the easiest thing, and having an idea is difficult! Fyodor Dostoevsky
In spite of the momentary desire he had just been feeling for company of any sort, on being actually spoken to he felt immediately his habitual irritable and uneasy aversion for any stranger who approached or attempted to approach him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: " the extraordinary craving for someone faithful and devoted,..."
... the extraordinary craving for someone faithful and devoted, which unaccountably and suddenly came over him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every prisoner knows perfectly that he is a convict and a reprobate, and knows the distance which separates him from his superiors; but neither the branding irons nor chains will make him forget that he is a man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I tell you, sir, it's very easy for Pyotr Stepanovich to live in the world, because he imagines a man and then lives with him the way he imagined him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses..."
How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses is much stupider than what remains inside him? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in..."
But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in praise of Jesus, not in blame of Him- as you meant it to be. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer; Nothing more..."
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evil doer; Nothing more difficult understanding him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sometimes I imagine that it was I that crucified him. He hanging there moaning, and I sit down facing him, eating pineapple compote. I like pineapple compote very much. Do u? Fyodor Dostoevsky
You’re a gentleman,” they used to say to him. “You shouldn’t have gone murdering people with a hatchet; that’s no occupation for a gentleman. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ivan felt an intense hatred for him before he had thought about him at all. Suddenly he realised his presence and felt an irresistible impulse to knock him down. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "A dull animal rage boiled within him."
A dull animal rage boiled within him. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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