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Fyodor Dostoyevsky — Portrait after a picture by Vasily Perov (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist

1821–1881

55 quotes, most often on Love, Truth & Lies and God.

If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love.
The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880), Book II, Chapter 3 (trans. Constance Garnett)In context
Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God.
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering, Chapter IIIIn context
- Forgiveness
- God
I think if the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book V: Pro and Contra, Chapter IVIn context
- God
- Good & Evil
It’s not God that I don’t accept, Alyosha, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book V: Pro and Contra, Chapter IVIn context
- Anti-God
- God
Love all God’s creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book VI: The Russian Monk, Chapter IIIIn context

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