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

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Insulted and the Injured (1861)

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.”

“To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred.”

“The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.”

“Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourself.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

“When you know better, you do better.”