1821–1881
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Four years in a Siberian prison camp, then novels that see further into a person than any psychology. He did not know the abyss from books.
“Nothing is easier than condemning a person. Nothing is harder than understanding them.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · From the novels
“A human being is a mystery. It must be unravelled, and whoever spends a life at it has not wasted their time.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · From the letters
“Whoever lies to themselves ends up losing the ability to tell anything apart.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · From the novels
“A person does not grow through happiness. They grow through what they have carried.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky · From the novels
From the novels, public domain. English rendering made for this site.