Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

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We degrade God too much, ascribing to him our ideas, in vexation at being unable to understand Him. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
It is easier for a Russian to become an Atheist, than for any other nationality in the world. And not only does a Russia — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Why is it that when you awake to the world of realities you nearly always feel, sometimes very vividly, that the vanishe — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
The prince says that the world will be saved by beauty! And I maintain that the reason he has such playful ideas is that — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequen — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
How can one deceive these dear little birds, when they look at one so sweetly and confidingly? I call them birds because — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Children can be told anything—anything. I've always been struck by seeing how little grown-up people understand children — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Bah! You want to hear the vilest thing a man’s done and you want him to be a hero at the same time! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Alexandra, my eldest, here, plays the piano, or reads or sews; Adelaida paints landscapes and portraits (but never finis — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
The Russian soul is a dark place. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
The repugnance to what must ensue almost immediately, and the uncertainty, were dreadful, he said; but worst of all was — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
God has such gladness every time he sees from heaven that a sinner is praying to Him with all his heart, as a mother has — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
I don't like being with grown-up people. I've known that a long time. I don't like it because I don't know how to get on — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Lunatics! Vain creatures! They don't believe in God, they don't believe in Christ! Why, you are so eaten up with pride a — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ri — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Do you know I don't know how one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it? How can one talk to a man and n — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
Nothing helps a man to reform like thinking of the past with regret. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot