1,167 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure?Answer: Of himself.Well, so I will talk about myself.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.

...The men of those days...were absolutely not the same people that we are now; it was not the same race as now, in our age, really, it seems we are a different species...In those days they were men of one idea, but now we are more nervous, more developed, more sensitive; men capable of two or three ideas at once...Modern men are broader-minded - and I swear that this prevents their being so all-of-a-piece as they were in those days.

A vida só me é dada uma vez, e ela nunca mais voltará—eu não quero esperar a 'felicidade geral'. Eu mesmo quero viver; do contrário o melhor seria não existir.

...el secreto de la existencia humana no consiste sólo en poseer la vida, sino también en tener un motivo para vivir.

حيث كانت حاجتهُ إلى إمرأتهِ شديدة ، لقد كان وجودها حجة يتعلل بها عن إخفاقه

Man's nature acts as one whole, with everything that is in it, conscious or unconscious.

—No, no le dije una palabra de eso; de cualquier manera, no habría comprendido. Pienso que, si con la ayuda de la lógica se puede convencer a alguien de que no hay razón para llorar, dejará de llorar de inmediato. Está claro. ¿No le parece que estoy en lo cierto?—En ese caso, la vida sería demasiado fácil —replicó Raskolnikov.

إن في الحياة ساعاتٌ، كأنها تتجمع فيها آلام سنين طويلة برمتها