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Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

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

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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. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most hardened heart; I am told this is due to fear. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The most degrading cross has always produced the greatest glory and force, as long as the humility of the martyrdom is sincere. But do you have that humility? What you need is not a challenge but infinite humility and humiliation! You mustn't despise those who judge you, but believe in them sincerely, as in a great church; then you will triumph over them and turn them toward you by your example, and you will be united in love--ah, if only you could endure it! Fyodor Dostoevsky
...he was by no means expansive, and talked little indeed, but not from shyness or a sullen unsociability; quite the contrary, from something different, from a sort of inner preoccupation entirely personal and unconcerned with other people, but so important to him that he seemed, as it were, to forget other on account of it. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "There is strength to endure everything."
There is strength to endure everything. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It is not time that matters, but you yourself."
It is not time that matters, but you yourself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "There shall be time no more."
There shall be time no more. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from..."
Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own."
Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole..."
My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime? Fyodor Dostoevsky
To my thinking, miracles are never a stumbling block to the realist. It is not miracles that dispose realists to belief...Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Those innocent eyes cut my soul like a razor...however, in a..."
Those innocent eyes cut my soul like a razor...however, in a depraved man this, too, might be only a sensual attraction. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the..."
Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Again it became suddenly plain and perceptible to him that he had just told a fearful lie - that he would never now be able to speak freely of everything - that he would never again be able to speak of anything to anyone. Fyodor Dostoevsky
... we took from him, ... proclaimed ourselves sole rulers of the earth, though we have not yet been able to complete our work. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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