Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

ولكن أنواع العقوبات قليلة، في حين أن أنواع الجرائم تعد بالألوف، فهناك من أنواع الجرائم بقدر ما هنالك من أنواع الطباع

ولكني أكرر للمرة المائة أن هنالك حالة واحدة، واحدة فقط، يرغب فيها الانسان رغبة مدركة عامدة فيما يضره، وفيما هو الحماقة بعينها – لأنه، ببساطة، يريد أن يمتلك الحق في أن يرغب لنفسه حتى حين يكون من الحماق...

ولنكن جميعاً خجولين على ذكاء وحلاوة مثل كارتاشوف..

وهكذا، عندما نكون تعساء، فإننا نحس بمحنة الآخرين بصورة أفضل. إن الإحساس لا يتبدد، بل إنه يشتد...

يُخيَّلُ إليَّ أنَّ الإنسان، حينَ يداهمهُ هلاكٌ لا سبيلَ إلى تحاشيه، كانهيارِ منزلٍ فوقه مثلاً، إنما يشعرُ عندئذٍ برغبةٍ لا تقاومُ في أن يقعدَ مغمضًا عينيه، وليحدث ما يحدث!

چرا برای یک نفر دیگر اشک می‌ریزی؟ اشک‌هایت را نگه‌دار برای وقت ماتم خودت، وقتی تنها شدی! وقتی تنهایی خواست دلت را بشکند و کسی را نداشتی...

We took from him, ... proclaimed ourselves sole rulers of the earth, though we have not yet been able to complete our work.

And do you know, I came with horror to the conclusion that, if anything could dissipate my love for humanity, it would be ingratitude. In short, I am a hired servant, I expect my payment at once--that...

And what aim in life is more important or sacred than a parental aim?

Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people near me, and to be a human being among human beings, and...

But I ask again, are there many like Thee? And could thou believe for one moment that men, too, could face such a temptation? Is the nature of men such, that they can reject miracles and at the great...

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself.

But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself. II

Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we...yes, I assure you...we should be begging to be u...

Do you know, to my thinking it's a good thing sometimes to be absurd; it's better in fact, it makes it easier to forgive one another, it's easier to be humble. One can't understand everything at once,...

El que sufre reconociendo su error, recibe un castigo que se suma al del penal.  Así

El sufrimiento y el dolor van necesariamente unidos a un gran corazón y a una elevada inteligencia.

Erkel’s fate will be lightened. From the moment of his arrest he either maintained silence or did his best to pervert the truth. Not one word of repentance has been extracted from him so far. And yet...

Everything is habit with men, everything even in their social and political relations. Habit is the great motive-power.

For even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it still follow the Christian ideal.