749 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

I suddenly dreamt that I picked up the revolver and aimed it straight at my heart my heart, and not my head; and I had determined beforehand to fire at my head, at my right temple. After aiming at my chest I waited a second or two, and suddenly my candle , my table, and the wall in front of me began moving and heaving. I made haste to pull the trigger.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.

On our earth we can only love withsuffering and through suffering.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!

Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from the faith.

But twice-two-makes-four is for all that a most insupportable thing. Twice-two-makes-four is, in my humble opinion, nothing but a piece of impudence. Twice-two-makes-four is a farcical, dressed-up fellow who stands across your path with arms akimbo and spits at you.

To cook your hare you must first catch it.