Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

But even to him I used to go only when such a spell came, and my dreams had reached such happiness that I needed, instantly and infallibly, to embrace people and the whole of mankind - for which I had...

But gentlemen, what sort of free choice will there be when it comes down to tables and arithmetic, when all that’s left is two times two makes four? Two times two makes four even without my will. Is t...

But instead of delight his soul was filled with such gloom, and his heart ached with such anguish, as he had never known in his life before... I am base he whispered to himself.

But is it possible to believe in the devil, if one hasn't the slightest belief in God?' Stavrogin laughed out loud.'Oh yes, entirely possible, that's as common as can be,' Tibon raised his eyes and sm...

But man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic. I

But man is a frivolous and incongruous creature, and perhaps, like a chess player, loves the process of the game, not the end of it. And who knows (there is no saying with certainty), perhaps the only...

But man is so partial to systems and abstract conclusions that he is ready to distort the truth, ready to hear nor see anything, as long as he can justify his logic.

But maybe there isn't any God.

But now, all of a sudden, there appeared before me the absurd, loathsomely spiderish notion of debauchery, which, without love, crudely and shamelessly begins straight off with that which is the crown...

But of course that is because I do not respect myself. Can a man of perception respect himself at all? Come, can a man who attempts to find enjoyment in the very feeling of his own degradation possibl...

But profound as psychology is, it's a knife that cuts both ways (...). I have purposely resorted to this method, gentlemen of the jury, to show that you can prove anything by it. It all depends on who...

But the church, like a tender, loving mother holds aloof from active punishment herself, as the sinner is too severely punished already by the civil law, and there must be at least someone to have pit...

But the trouble was that the hysterics could not go on for ever, and (I am writing the loathsome truth) lying face downwards on the sofa with my face thrust into my nasty leather pillow, I began by de...

But to fall in love does not mean to love. One can fall in love and still hate.

But we have science, and through itwe shall again find the truth, but we shall now accept it consciously, knowledge ishigher than feelings, the consciousness of life is higher than life. Science will...

But what are years, what are months! he would exclaim. Why count the days, when even one day is enough for man to know all happiness.

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

But what made me furious was that I knew for certain that I should go, that I should make a point of going; and the more tactless, the more unseemly my going would be, the more certainly I would go.

But you are a great sinner, that's true, he added almost solemnly, and your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.

But, my God, how could I have thought it? How could I have been so blind, when everything had been taken by another already, when nothing was mine; when, in fact, her very tenderness to me, her anxiet...