I am forty years old now, and you know forty years is a whole lifetime; you know it is extreme old age. To live longer than forty years is bad manners, is vulgar, immoral.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Extreme Old Age, Lifetime Reflection, Vulgarity, Morality, Longevity, Manners
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“Being in love doesn’t mean loving.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
In Love, Real Love, Love, Loving, Reality Of Love
Fyodor Dostoevsky In Love, Real Love, Love, Loving, Reality Of Love“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“But try getting blindly carried away by your feelings, without reasoning, without a primary cause, driving consciousness away at least for a time; start hating, or fall in love, only so as not to sit with folded arms.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Emotional Escape, Passionate Impulse, Feelings, Love, Escape, Impulse
Fyodor Dostoevsky Emotional Escape, Passionate Impulse, Feelings, Love, Escape, Impulse“Do you know I’ve been sitting here thinking to myself: that if I didn’t believe in life, if I lost faith in the woman I love, lost faith in the order of things, were convinced, in fact, that everything is disorderly, damnable, and perhaps devil-ridden chaos, if I were struck by every horror of man’s disillusionment – still I should want to live and, having once tried of the cup, I would not turn from it until I have drained it!” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Life, Love, Faith, Chaos, Hope, Desire
Fyodor Dostoevsky Life, Love, Faith, Chaos, Hope, Desire“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Humanity Love, Particular Man, Love, Humanity, Particular, Man
Fyodor Dostoevsky Humanity Love, Particular Man, Love, Humanity, Particular, Man“Latterly he tormented me, too: it was all quite natural, human beings are created in order to torment one another.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Human Torment, Natural Struggles, Torment, Natural, Struggles, Human
Fyodor Dostoevsky Human Torment, Natural Struggles, Torment, Natural, Struggles, Human“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Silent Unhappiness, Emotional Confusion, Unhappiness, Silence, Confusion, Bewilderment
Fyodor Dostoevsky Silent Unhappiness, Emotional Confusion, Unhappiness, Silence, Confusion, Bewilderment“Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Martyr Worship, Prophet Rejection, Worship, Rejection, Martyr, Prophet
Fyodor Dostoevsky Martyr Worship, Prophet Rejection, Worship, Rejection, Martyr, Prophet“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.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sudden Connection, Unexpected Bonds, Strangers, Connection, Interest, Bonds
Fyodor Dostoevsky Sudden Connection, Unexpected Bonds, Strangers, Connection, Interest, Bonds“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Society, Morality, Justice, Criminals, Ethics, Judgment
Fyodor Dostoevsky Society, Morality, Justice, Criminals, Ethics, Judgment“This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sorrow Happiness, Final Message, Sorrow, Happiness, Seek, Message
Fyodor Dostoevsky Sorrow Happiness, Final Message, Sorrow, Happiness, Seek, Message“Which is better a cheap happiness or lofty suffering? Tell me then, which is better?” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Happiness Choice, Suffering Preference, Happiness, Suffering, Choice, Lofty
Fyodor Dostoevsky Happiness Choice, Suffering Preference, Happiness, Suffering, Choice, Lofty“I think I could stand anything, any suffering, only to be able to say and to repeat to myself every moment, ‘I exist.’ In thousands of agonies – I exist. I’m tormented on the rack – but I exist! Though I sit alone in a pillar – I exist! I see the sun, and if I don’t see the sun, I know it’s there. And there’s a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Existence Strength, Endurance Truth, Existence, Endurance, Truth, Strength
Fyodor Dostoevsky Existence Strength, Endurance Truth, Existence, Endurance, Truth, Strength“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 Dostoevsky
Great Sadness, Deep Heart, Pain, Suffering, Intelligence, Sadness
Fyodor Dostoevsky Great Sadness, Deep Heart, Pain, Suffering, Intelligence, Sadness“It was not you who ate the idea, but the idea that ate you.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ideas, Influence, Personal Identity, Self-awareness, Creativity, Philosophical Thought
Fyodor Dostoevsky Ideas, Influence, Personal Identity, Self-awareness, Creativity, Philosophical Thought“There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a memory connected with childhood, with home.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Cherished Memory, Life Anchor, Memory, Childhood, Home, Wholesome
Fyodor Dostoevsky Cherished Memory, Life Anchor, Memory, Childhood, Home, Wholesome“Two times two will be four even without my will. Is that what you call man’s free will?” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Free Will, Philosophy, Thought, Freedom, Control, Choice
Fyodor Dostoevsky Free Will, Philosophy, Thought, Freedom, Control, Choice“The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jealous Forgiveness, Women Wisdom, Jealous, Forgive, Women, Wisdom
Fyodor Dostoevsky Jealous Forgiveness, Women Wisdom, Jealous, Forgive, Women, Wisdom