Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

Nature can be corrected, amended, for otherwise we would be buried under prejudices. Without that, there would not be a single great man.

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.

I like it when they make mistakes. In this lies the superiority of man over other organisms. This is how one arrives at the truth. I am a man, and I am precisely that because I make mistakes.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart. Truly great people, I believe, have a great sadness on earth.