Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
7 quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky (died 1881), taken from 3 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: The Brothers Karamazov, White Nights and The House of the Dead.
The Brothers Karamazov
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“I think every one should love life above everything in the world.”
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“I love the sticky little leaves as they open in spring. I love the blue sky, I love some people, whom one loves you know sometimes without knowing why.”
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“You must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home.”
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“Brothers, love is a teacher; but one must know how to acquire it, for it is hard to acquire, it is dearly bought, it is won slowly by long labor.”
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“Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything.”
White Nights
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“My God, a whole moment of happiness! Is that too little for the whole of a man’s life?”
The House of the Dead
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“Yes, farewell! Liberty! New life! Resurrection from the dead! Unspeakable moment!”