Fyodor Dostoevsky - English Audio Quotes

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The soul is healed by being with children.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“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, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there - that is living.” Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” Fyodor Dostoevsky