Fyodor Dostoevsky

The soul is healed by being with children. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#children #healed #soul

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#bewilderment #come #into #left #much

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#fact #first #habits #half #in fact

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#beauty #devil #fighting #god #heart

Hell is the inability to love. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#love #teachings #love

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#existence #go #lose #mad #meaningful

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#cleverest #fool #himself #in my opinion #least

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#able #dare #given #lower #matters

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

#before #begin #encounter #even #first

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

#beneath #emotion #even #everything #far