30 phrases by Fyodor Dostoevsk to delve into your thoughts

The greatest happiness is when a person knows why he is unhappy.

I think that if the Devil does not exist and was simply created by man, he made it in his image and likeness.

Man is always ready to distort what his senses say, simply to justify his logic.

There is nothing in the world more difficult than sincerity and easier than flattery.

It is better to be unhappy, but be aware of it, than to be happy and live being made a fool of.

It is not the brain that matters most, but what guides it: character, heart, generosity, progressive ideas.

The soul is healed by being with children.

As our love progresses, the more we become convinced that God exists and the soul is immortal.

Man is a despot by nature and woman a tyrant.

To proceed with intelligence, intelligence alone is not enough.

I even think that the best definition of man is: an ungrateful biped. But this is still not all, it is not yet his greatest fault; his greatest fault is his permanent immorality.

I have to proclaim my unbelief. For me, there is nothing higher than the idea of ​​the non-existence of God. Man invented God in order to live without killing himself.

We are all responsible for everything, to everyone.

The more I like humanity in general, the less I appreciate people in particular, as individuals.

Love is a master, but it is necessary to know how to acquire it, because it is acquired with difficulty, at the price of a prolonged effort; it is necessary to love, in fact, not for an instant, but to the end.

We are citizens of eternity.

If God exists, then all will is His, and apart from His will I can do nothing. If it doesn’t exist, then it’s all mine and I’m obliged to proclaim my free will.

All women know that the jealous are the first to forgive.

Man likes to count the problems, but he doesn’t count the joys.

It is very easy to acquire habits of luxury and very difficult to get rid of them when necessary.

The secret of existence is not just living, but knowing what you live for.

If you want to beat the whole world, beat yourself.

The lack of freedom never consists in being segregated, but in being in promiscuity, because the ineffable torture is not being able to be alone.

The most insignificant things are sometimes of greater importance and it is usually for them that we get lost.

What we fear most is what makes us break out of our habits.

A being that gets used to everything, that’s the best definition of man.

Error is a positive thing, because through it one can discover the truth.

An act of trust gives peace and serenity.

God does not consist in strength, but in truth.

An intelligent man, in my opinion, is one who calls himself a fool at least once a month.