Quotes from Fyodor Dostoevsky
They were like two enemies in love with one another.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Everything passes, only truth remains.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
If thou love each thing thou wilt perceive the mystery of God in all.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
To love someone means to see him as God intended him.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
The formula "two and two make five" is not without its attractions.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky