"I believe, but I do not know why I believe."
Faith
"One can love one's people and one's country, yet hate the government that rules them."
Politics
"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him; he has created him in his own image and likeness."
Philosophy
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
"How can I explain to you my ideas? I could never do so adequately."
"Miracles are the only possible manifestation of truth in a world of sin."
Faith
"The freedom that the poor man has won is not worth the bones of one dead child."
Justice
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Philosophy
"And so I am sick of fantasies; give me something more solid and real."
"The more I study the works of men, the more convinced I am of the necessity of returning to the fundamental principles upon which Christianity is based."
Philosophy
"I want to travel in Europe, Alyosha. I shall set off there in the spring and I shall go away from here, and perhaps I shall not come back."
Adventure
"I am not rebelling against my maker. I am only not accepting his creation."
Faith
"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."
Life
"I believe like a child that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions will vanish like a pitiful mirage."
Faith
"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."
Philosophy
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Relationships
"I think if the devil doesn't exist and man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."
Philosophy
"I love my country, but I love truth more than my country."
Truth
"Where does evil come from? I don't know. I only know that it comes from freedom."
Freedom
"I cannot accept a harmony that is based on the unjust suffering of innocent children."
Justice
"To love all men is to love none."
Relationships
"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth."
Truth
"Humans are made to be happy, not to be virtuous."
Happiness
"I am a realist and cannot believe in the absurd."
Philosophy
"The future is uncertain, but the present is clear."
Time
"The soul seeks not happiness, but truth and meaning."
Wisdom
"I could never understand how one can love one's neighbors."
Love
"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."
Faith
"The suffering of a single tortured child outweighs all the future harmonies."
Justice
"Freedom means nothing if it does not mean freedom to make mistakes."
Freedom