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The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Profession: Novelist (19th Century)
- Type: Writer/Artist
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, a 19th century Russian novelist and writer, wrote over 30 books and short stories including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and the Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition during the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia. Many of his writings have Christian themes. Despite grappling with his own doubts, Dostoevsky remained a devoted follower of Jesus as noted when he stated: "It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt."
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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A complete atheist stands on the next-to-last upper step to the most complete faith (he may or may not take that step), while the indifferent one has no faith, apart from a bad fear.
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A complete atheist stands on the next-to-last upper step to the most complete faith (he may or may not take that step), while the indifferent one has no faith, apart from a bad fear.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky