Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in par — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, a — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on ea — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
And so these refined parents rejected their five-year-old girl to all kinds of torture. They beat her, kicked her, flogg — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
For everyone now strives most of all to seperate his person, wishing to experience the fullness of life within himself, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
(Ivan) Hold your tongue, or I'll kill you!(The devil) You'll kill me? No, excuse me, I will speak. I came to treat mysel — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my sup — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
And so will I here state just plainly and briefly that I accept God. But I must point out one thing: if God does exist a — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
It's God that's worrying me. That's the only thing that's worrying me. What if He doesn't exist? What if Rakitin's right — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coar — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
I could have done even better, miss, and I'd know a lot more, if it wasn't for my destiny ever since childhood. I'd have — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then a — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exc — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov