I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.
Fyodor DostoevskyIt is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!
Fyodor DostoevskyThere are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.
Fyodor Dostoevskyoriginality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
Fyodor DostoevskyDo you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?" Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind "for every man must have somewhere to turn.
Fyodor DostoevskyAt such times I felt something was drawing me away, and I kept fancying that if I walked straight on, far, far away and reached that line where the sky and earth meet, there I should find the key to the mystery, there I should see a new life a thousand times richer and more turbulent than ours.
Fyodor Dostoevsky