Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save it; not by Christ, but by force.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Atheistic Morality, Spiritual Thirst, Humanity, Force, Religion, Power
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“Compassion was the principal and, perhaps, the only law of existence for the whole of mankind.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existential Compassion, Universal Kindness, Compassion, Mankind, Kindness, Law
Fyodor Dostoevsky Existential Compassion, Universal Kindness, Compassion, Mankind, Kindness, Law“You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen. And a fine thing, too, in its way; but we can’t even make mistakes on our own account! Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I’ll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Truth, Mistakes, Self-discovery, Identity, Wisdom, Learning
Fyodor Dostoevsky Truth, Mistakes, Self-discovery, Identity, Wisdom, Learning“They tease me now, telling me it was only a dream. But does it matter whether it was a dream or reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dream Reality, Truth Awakening, Dream, Reality, Truth, Awakening
Fyodor Dostoevsky Dream Reality, Truth Awakening, Dream, Reality, Truth, Awakening“One can fall in love and still hate.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love, Hate, Emotion, Conflict, Relationship, Paradox
Fyodor Dostoevsky Love, Hate, Emotion, Conflict, Relationship, Paradox“Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he is bound by his very realism to admit the miraculous also.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Faith, Miracles, Belief, Realism, Religion, Perception
Fyodor Dostoevsky Faith, Miracles, Belief, Realism, Religion, Perception“One can’t understand everything at once, we can’t begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quickly, perhaps we shan’t understand them thoroughly.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Perfection, Learning, Ignorance, Growth, Understanding, Knowledge
Fyodor Dostoevsky Perfection, Learning, Ignorance, Growth, Understanding, Knowledge“I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter you like the laugh of a person completely unknown to you, you may say with assurance that he is good.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Laughter, Judgment, First Impression, Goodness, Humor, Personality
Fyodor Dostoevsky Laughter, Judgment, First Impression, Goodness, Humor, Personality“If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existential Regret, Birth Refusal, Birth, Existence, Regret, Ridiculous
Fyodor Dostoevsky Existential Regret, Birth Refusal, Birth, Existence, Regret, Ridiculous“Every ant knows the formula of its ant-hill, every bee knows the formula of its beehive. They know it in their own way, not in our way. Only humankind does not know its own formula.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Human Formula, Nature's Knowledge, Formula, Humankind, Nature, Knowledge
Fyodor Dostoevsky Human Formula, Nature's Knowledge, Formula, Humankind, Nature, Knowledge“To cook your hare you must first catch it.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Practical Wisdom, Action First, Hare, Catch, Cook, Wisdom
Fyodor Dostoevsky Practical Wisdom, Action First, Hare, Catch, Cook, Wisdom“We don’t understand that life is heaven, for we have only to understand that and it will at once be fulfilled in all its beauty, we shall embrace each other and weep.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life Fulfillment, Emotional Awakening, Heaven, Understanding, Beauty, Embrace
Fyodor Dostoevsky Life Fulfillment, Emotional Awakening, Heaven, Understanding, Beauty, Embrace“I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lonely Identity, Social Isolation, Alone, Everybody, Isolation, Identity
Fyodor Dostoevsky Lonely Identity, Social Isolation, Alone, Everybody, Isolation, Identity“Man is stupid, phenomenally stupid.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Human Foolishness, Irrational Behavior, Man, Stupid, Foolishness, Behavior
Fyodor Dostoevsky Human Foolishness, Irrational Behavior, Man, Stupid, Foolishness, Behavior“Bad people are to be found everywhere, but even among the worst there may be something good.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Goodness, Evil, Redemption, Humanity, Hope, Morality
Fyodor Dostoevsky Goodness, Evil, Redemption, Humanity, Hope, Morality“We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Human Complexity, Motive Understanding, Motives, Complexity, Understanding, Judging
Fyodor Dostoevsky Human Complexity, Motive Understanding, Motives, Complexity, Understanding, Judging“Do you believe in a future everlasting life? No, not in a future everlasting but in an everlasting life here. There are moments, you reach moments, and time comes to a sudden stop, and it will become eternal.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Eternal Life, Present Moment, Everlasting, Time, Future, Belief
Fyodor Dostoevsky Eternal Life, Present Moment, Everlasting, Time, Future, Belief“Hell is the inability to love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love Absence, Hell Reality, Hell, Inability, Love, Reality
Fyodor Dostoevsky Love Absence, Hell Reality, Hell, Inability, Love, Reality“Don’t be overwise; fling yourself straight into life, without deliberation; don’t be afraid – the flood will bear you to the bank and set you safe on your feet again.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life Courage, Spontaneous Living, Wisdom, Courage, Flood, Safety
Fyodor Dostoevsky Life Courage, Spontaneous Living, Wisdom, Courage, Flood, Safety