DOSTOEVSKY BOOK QUOTES

“The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.” – Crime and Punishment

“Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything.” – Notes from Underground

“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” – Crime and Punishment

“I love mankind, but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“The soul is healed by being with children.” – The Idiot

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” – Crime and Punishment

“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.” – The Idiot

“A new life begins when a man takes on himself a new name.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!” – Crime and Punishment

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – The House of the Dead

“People speak sometimes about the ‘bestial’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts; no animal could ever be so cruel as man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” – Notes from Underground

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“A clever man commits no minor blunders.” – Devils HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON QUOTES

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.” – Notes from Underground

“Man is not really alive unless he is creating something.” – The Idiot

“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“Do you know, Alyosha, I am sometimes so sad, so sad, that I have a sort of dream: I dream that I’m crying, that I’m crying terribly in my dream, but I’m really laughing – and I feel horribly ashamed, that’s what’s so horrible.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.” – The Idiot

“It’s not God I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return him the ticket.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“To live without hope is to cease to live.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“Beauty will save the world.” – The Idiot

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“Love is a teacher, but one must know how to acquire it, for it is difficult to acquire, it is dearly bought, it is won slowly by long labor.” – The Brothers Karamazov

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” – The Brothers Karamazov