Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
Reply
Tag Archives: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Quote, Unquote
I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
there is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to others, even if one were to write volumes about it and were explaining one’s idea for thirty-five years.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
Avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
It wasn’t the New World that mattered … Columbus died almost without seeing it; and not really knowing what he had discovered. It’s life that matters, nothing but life — the process of discovering, the everlasting and perpetual process, not the discovery itself, at all.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
The more I detest men individually the more ardent
becomes my love for humanity.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::
Quote, Unquote
Love is such a priceless treasure that you can redeem the whole world by it, and cleanse not only your own sins but the sins of others.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
:::