1,167 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Doesn't there, in fact, exist something that is dearer to almost every man than his own very best interests, or - not to violate logic - some best good ... which is more important and higher than any other good, and for the sake of which man is prepared if necessary to go against all the laws, against, that is, reason, honour, peace and quiet, prosperity - in short against all those fine and advantageous things - only to attain that primary, best good which is dearer to him than all else?

perchè non c'è nessun altro dal quale andare! Bisogna pure che ogni uomo abbia qualche posto dove andare. Poichè ci sono momenti in cui assolutamente bisogna andare da qualche parte!

Nos sentimos anegados en una dicha inconcebible.

Capita a volte di incontrare persone totalmente sconosciute, di cui cominciamo a interessarci al primo sguardo, all'improvviso.

In order to achieve perfection, we must first of all fail to understand a great many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand very well.

my elder told me once to care for most people exactly as one would for children, and for some of them as one would for the sick in hospitals.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

... I retraced my steps, walked up to her, and in another moment would have certainly said, "Madam!" if I had not known that that exclamation had been made a thousand times before in all Russian novels of high life. It was that alone that stopped me.

- A necessidade de comer e beber é simplesmente o instinto de autoconservação!- Mas não acha que esse instinto de autopreservação por si só é importante? Ora, o instinto de autoconservação é a lei normal da humanidade!- Quem lhe disse isso? Que é uma lei, não há dúvida. Mas não é mais normal do que a lei de destruição, ou mesmo a de autodestruição. Acha que a autoconservação seja a única lei da espécie humana?