Inspirational Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“can't you see that I don't want your benevolence? A strange desire you have to shower benefits on a man who … curses them, who feels them a burden in fact! Why did you seek me out at the beginning of my illness? Maybe I was very glad to die. Didn't I tell you plainly enough to-day that you were torturing me, that I was … sick of you! You seem to want to torture people!”

“الملحد- الإنسان، ربما كنت أخشاه إلى الآن. ولكن هذا الملحد- الإنسان، يا ألكسندر سیمنوفتش، لم يتفق لي أن لقيته مرة واحدة في يوم من الأيام، وإنما أنا لقيت الملحد - المشوش. نعم هكذا يجب أن يسمى. أناس من كل نوع، لا يستطيع المرء أن يرى رؤية واضحة من هم. بينهم كبار وصغار، وبينهم حمقي وعلماء، وبينهم حتى أفراد من عامة الشعب. وهم جميعًا مشوشون. إنهم يقضون حياتهم كلها في القراءة والاستدلال والتفكير، وقد امتلأت نفوسهم افتتانا بالكتب، ولكنهم يظلون دائمًا في الشك، ولا يستطيعون أن يعزموا أمرهم على شيء، منهم من تبعثروا تبعثرًا تامة فأصبحوا لا يلاحظون أنفسهم. ومنهم من جمدوا فكانوا كالصخر على امتلاء قلوبهم بالأحلام، ومنهم خفاف يحسون ولا يكترثون ولا يهمهم إلا أن يطلقوا السخريات تلو السخريات. و منهم لا يقطفون من الكتب إلا الزهرة، ولكنهم يقطفون الزهرة التي يريدون، ثم يظلون مشوشين لا يستقرون على حال. إن بين هؤلاء من طافوا بجميع العلوم ، ولكن الضجر بقي في قلوبهم. أعتقد أن الواحد منهم كلما كان أكثر فكرًا كان أكثر ضجرًا. انظر في هذه النقطة : هم جميع أموات، ولكن كلا منهم يتباهي بموته، ولا يخطر بباله أن يتجه إلى الحقيقة "الوحيدة". أن يعيش المرء بغير إله فذلك عذاب. إن الإنسان لا يستطيع أن يعيش بغير سجود. بغير سجود لا يمكن أن يحتمل الإنسان نفسه. لا أحد قادر على هذا. فإذا جحد الله سجد لمعبود من خشب أو من ذهب، أو سجد لمعبود صنعه له الخيال. إنهم جميعا وثنيون لا ملحدون، هكذا يجب أن نسميهم . ولكن كيف لا يكون هناك ملحدون ! إن بعض الناس ملحدون حقا، وهؤلاء أبعث على الخوف والرهبة من الآخرين، لأن اسم الله ماثل في أفواههم دائما. سمعت عن هؤلاء مرارا، ولكنني لم ألتقي أحدا منهم يوما.”

“They have science; but in science there is nothing but what is the object of sense. The spiritual world, the higher part of man’s being is rejected altogether, dismissed with a sort of triumph, even with hatred. The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction! For the world says: “You have desires and so satisfy them, for you have the same rights as the most rich and powerful. Don’t be afraid of satisfying them and even multiply your desires.” That is the modern doctrine of the world. In that they see freedom.”

“They have science; but in science there is nothing but what is the object of sense. The spiritual world, the higher part of man’s being is rejected altogether, dismissed with a sort of triumph, even with hatred. The world has proclaimed the reign of freedom, especially of late, but what do we see in this freedom of theirs? Nothing but slavery and self-destruction! For the world says: “You have desires and so satisfy them, for you have the same rights as the most rich and powerful. Don’t be afraid of satisfying them and even multiply your desires.” That is the modern doctrine of the world. In that they see freedom. And what follows from this right of multiplication of desires? In the rich, isolation and spiritual suicide; in the poor, envy and murder; for they have been given rights, but have not been shown the means of satisfying their wants.”

“Every prisoner knows perfectly that he is a convict and a reprobate, and knows the distance which separates him from his superiors; but neither the branding irons nor chains will make him forget that he is a man. He must, therefore, be treated with humanity. Humane”

“Men will unite to take from life all it can give, but only for joy and happiness in the present world. Man will be lifted up with a spirit of divine Titanic pride and the man-god will appear. From hour to hour extending his conquest of nature infinitely by his will and his science, man will feel such lofty joy from hour to hour in doing it that it will make up for all his old dreams of the joys of heaven. Every one will know that he is mortal and will accept death proudly and serenely like a god. His pride will teach him that it’s useless for him to repine at life’s being a moment, and he will love his brother without need of reward. Love will be sufficient only for a moment of life, but the very consciousness of its momentariness will intensify its fire, which now is dissipated in dreams of eternal love beyond the grave’... and so on and so on in the same style. Charming!”

“Scraps and shreds of thoughts were simply swarming in his brain, but he could not catch at one, he could not rest on one, in spite of all his efforts….”

“Andrei Khrisanfitch returned to his room to smoke a little till there was another ring at the door, and Yefimya ceased speaking, subsided, and wiped her eyes, though her lips were still quivering. She was very much frightened of him—oh, how frightened of him! She trembled and was reduced to terror by the sound of his steps, by the look in his eyes, and dared not utter a word in his presence.”

“Pero Cavalcanti se volvió hacia ellos, guiñó los ojos, infló la mejilla con la lengua, e hizo oír un sonido con los labios, que equivale a mil signos de inteligencia entre los bandidos y les obliga a callarse. Aquel signo masónico lo aprendió de Caderousse. Reconocieron en seguida a uno de los suyos.”

“A schoolfellow of Vronsky’s and of the same age, he was a general and was expecting a command, which might have influence on the course of political events; while Vronsky, independent and brilliant and beloved by a charming woman though he was, was simply a cavalry captain who was readily allowed to be as independent as ever he liked.”

“E la luce alla quale ella leggeva il libro pieno di ansie, di inganni, di dolore e di male, s'infiammò d'un bagliore più vivido che mai, rischiarando tutto quello che prima era nelle tenebre; poi cominciò ad affievolirsi e si spense per sempre.”

“Reasoning had brought him to doubt, and prevented him from seeing what he ought to do and what he ought not. When he did not think, but simply lived, he was continually aware of the presence of an infallible judge in his soul, determining which of two possible courses of action was the better and which was the worse, and as soon as he did not act rightly, he was at once aware of it.”

“Una idea justa no puede ser estéril”

“Pişman olmak için asla geç değildir.”

“So much the worse for those who follow the fashion. The only happy marriages I know are marriages of convenience.” “Yes, but then how often the happiness of the convenient marriages flies away like dust just because that passion turns up that they have refused to recognize,” said Vronsky.”

“he was drawn as naturally to her loving glance as a plant to the sun.”

“Yapılması gereken tek şey, hedefe doğru inatla yürümek, o zaman hedefime ulaşırım.”

“Her şey mutsuzluktan daha iyidir.”

“La conversation de Charles était plate comme un trottoir de rue, et les idées de tout le monde y défilaient dans leur costume ordinaire, sans exciter d’émotion, de rire ou de rêverie. Il n’avait jamais été curieux, disait-il, pendant qu’il habitait Rouen, d’aller voir au théâtre les acteurs de Paris. Il ne savait ni nager, ni faire des armes, ni tirer le pistolet, et il ne put, un jour, lui expliquer un terme d’équitation qu’elle avait rencontré dans un roman.”

“There was no fire in the fireplace, the clock was still ticking, and Emma felt vaguely amazed that all those things should be so calm when there was such turmoil inside her.”