“I say to myself with jealous love that not only is there no one else like Him, but that there could be no one.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Letter to Mme. N. D. Fonvisin (1854), tr. Ethel Golburn Mayne

About Fyodor Dostoevsky

1821 – 1881

Russian novelist, author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

“A dream! What is a dream? And is not our life a dream?”

“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”

“If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.”

“All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”

“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”

“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth — and truth rewarded me.”

“Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.”

“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.”