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In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.

In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Guilt, Sin

... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life, Needs, Position
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “Crime and Punishment”, p.574, First Avenue Editions

You will have many enemies, but even your foes will love you. Life will bring you many misfortunes, but you will find your happiness in them, and will bless life and will make others bless it-which is what matters most.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Happiness, Love You, What Matters
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.430, First Avenue Editions

Men like to to count their troubles; few calculate their happiness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Trouble

Man is bound to lie about himself

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying, Men, Bounds
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1960). “NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND AND THE GRAND INQUISITOR”

Reason is the slave of passion.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Passion, Slave, Reason
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1999). “Crime and Punishment”, p.377, Modern Library

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Romantic, Order, Romance

I am too young and I've loved you too much.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Too Much, Young
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.294, First Avenue Editions

I am crazy about mysterious things.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crazy, Mysterious Things, Mysterious

If I seem happy to you . . . You could never say anything that would please me more. For men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.' All the righteous, all the saints, all the holy martyrs were happy.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Please Me, Say Anything
FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”

Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
People, Psychology, Serious
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (2007). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.2176, ReadHowYouWant.com

Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
World, Opinion, Creation
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2007). “The Adolescent”, p.214, Vintage

It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the beginning of history. In their efforts to impose universal worship, men have unsheathed their swords and killed one another. They have invented gods and challenged each other: "Discard your gods and worship mine or I will destroy both your gods and you!"

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Race, Effort
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.439, Bantam Classics

Forgive me... for my love -for ruining you with my love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Forgive Me, Forgiving
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
True Friend, Heart, Compassion

They won't let me ... I can't be ... good!

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Be Good, Let Me, I Can
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “Notes from Underground (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)”, p.111, e-artnow

For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have to build one up out of these fragments.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Growing Up, Dust, Ashes
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Used, Scoundrels
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.24, Google Publishing

If there were no God, he would have to be invented.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Deep Thought, Brothers Karamazov, Ifs
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)”, p.805, e-artnow

I've always considered myself smarter than everyone around me, and sometimes, believe me, I've been ashamed of it. At the least, all my life I've looked away and never could look people straight in the eye.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Believe, Eye, People

Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sorrow, Commandments
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2002). “The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue”, p.77, Macmillan

Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men, Ideas, Sublime

No, evidently habit means a lot. The devil knows what habit can do to a person.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Mean, Devil, Habit

With love one can live even without happiness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Inspirational, Best Love
Fyodor Dostoevsky (2013). “The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)”, p.2152, e-artnow

You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Stupid, Punishment, Asking
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.412, Google Publishing

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