Inspirational Quotes & Positive Life Messages

Fyodor Dostoevsky - Deep and Profound Quotes

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoesky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes.
  • Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The soul is healed by being with children.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • To love someone means to see him as God intended him.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • 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
  • 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
  • If there is no God, everything is permitted.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

    ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky