I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Worldview, Simplicity, Detachment, Humor, Comfort, Tea
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“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“There is a crack in my soul, and I can hear it trembling, quivering, stirring deep inside me.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Soul, Pain, Vulnerability, Emotions, Depth, Suffering
Fyodor Dostoevsky Soul, Pain, Vulnerability, Emotions, Depth, Suffering“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“Love to throw yourself on the earth and kiss it. Kiss the earth and love it with an unceasing, consuming love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Earth Love, Consuming Passion, Love, Passion, Earth, Consuming
Fyodor Dostoevsky Earth Love, Consuming Passion, Love, Passion, Earth, Consuming“If man has one good memory to go by, that may be enough to save him.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Memory Redemption, Saving Memory, Memory, Saving, Redemption, Good
Fyodor Dostoevsky Memory Redemption, Saving Memory, Memory, Saving, Redemption, Good“Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Forgiven Happiness, Passing Moments, Forgive, Happiness, Moments, Life
Fyodor Dostoevsky Forgiven Happiness, Passing Moments, Forgive, Happiness, Moments, Life“For all is like an ocean, all flows and connects; touch it in one place and it echoes at the other end of the world.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Universal Connection, Flowing Unity, Ocean, Connects, World, Echoes
Fyodor Dostoevsky Universal Connection, Flowing Unity, Ocean, Connects, World, Echoes“There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Endless Discovery, Evolving Ideas, New Ideas, Subject, Evolving, Discovery
Fyodor Dostoevsky Endless Discovery, Evolving Ideas, New Ideas, Subject, Evolving, Discovery“He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ignorance, Superficiality, Conformity, Education, Society, Influence
Fyodor Dostoevsky Ignorance, Superficiality, Conformity, Education, Society, Influence“For what is man without desires, without free will, and without the power of choice but a stop in an organ pipe?” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Desire, Free Will, Choice, Human Nature, Existence, Power
Fyodor Dostoevsky Desire, Free Will, Choice, Human Nature, Existence, Power“For if there’s no everlasting God, there’s no such thing as virtue, and there’s no need of it.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
God, Virtue, Faith, Morality, Existence, Eternity
Fyodor Dostoevsky God, Virtue, Faith, Morality, Existence, Eternity“But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Reasoning Obsession, Truth Distortion, Reasoning, Truth, Logic, System
Fyodor Dostoevsky Reasoning Obsession, Truth Distortion, Reasoning, Truth, Logic, System“Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Innocent Angels, Heart Purity, Children, Angels, Love, Guide
Fyodor Dostoevsky Innocent Angels, Heart Purity, Children, Angels, Love, Guide“I believe there is no one deeper, lovelier, more sympathetic and more perfect than Jesus.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jesus Perfection, Divine Love, Jesus, Perfect, Sympathetic, Love
Fyodor Dostoevsky Jesus Perfection, Divine Love, Jesus, Perfect, Sympathetic, Love“Man is unhappy because he doesn’t know he’s happy. It’s only that.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hidden Happiness, Emotional Realization, Happiness, Man, Unhappy, Realization
Fyodor Dostoevsky Hidden Happiness, Emotional Realization, Happiness, Man, Unhappy, Realization“Now I’m living out my life in a corner, trying to console myself with the stupid, useless excuse that an intelligent man cannot turn himself into anything, that only a fool can make anything he wants out of himself.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Self-Doubt, Intelligence, Self-Esteem, Purpose, Excuses, Growth
Fyodor Dostoevsky Self-Doubt, Intelligence, Self-Esteem, Purpose, Excuses, Growth“Woe to the man who offends a small child!” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Child Protection, Innocence Offense, Child, Protection, Innocence, Offense
Fyodor Dostoevsky Child Protection, Innocence Offense, Child, Protection, Innocence, Offense