Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid."

"Wisdom principle 103 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 1."

"Wisdom principle 77 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 86."

"Wisdom principle 72 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 83."

"Wisdom principle 57 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 74."

"Wisdom principle 52 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 71."

"Wisdom principle 37 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 62."

"Wisdom principle 32 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 59."

"Wisdom principle 27 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 56."

"Wisdom principle 22 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 53."

"Wisdom principle 7 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 44."

"Wisdom principle 2 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 41."

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."

"Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys."

"Wisdom principle 92 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 95."

"Wisdom principle 87 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 92."

"Wisdom principle 82 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 89."

"Wisdom principle 62 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 77."

"Wisdom principle 42 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 65."

"Wisdom principle 17 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 50."

"Wisdom principle 12 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 47."

"It is a unyielding truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power."

"It is a unyielding truth that stillness is not emptiness; it is the presence of unencumbered clarity — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half."

"The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions."

"If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once."

"Wisdom principle added 62 tells us that life is lesson 62."

"Wisdom principle added 61 tells us that life is lesson 61."

"Wisdom principle added 60 tells us that life is lesson 60."

"Wisdom principle 97 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 98."

"Wisdom principle 67 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 80."

"Wisdom principle 47 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 68."

"The soul is healed by being with children."

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded."

"To love someone means to see him as God intended him."

"If there is no God, everything is permitted."

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."

"Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it."

"Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it."

"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare!"

"Realists do not fear the results of their study."

"We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken."

"There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind."

"To live without Hope is to Cease to live."

"One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man."

"Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship."

"There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it."

"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad."

"A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about."

"Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death."

"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad."