Raskolnikov

Character in Crime and Punishment From: Crime and Punishment

Protagonist; impoverished student and philosopher struggling with guilt

364 quotes

"Conscience is an illusion created by society."
Philosophy
"I cannot forgive myself even if God forgives me."
"Money is the root of all human misery."
Money
"I have been tormented by a great question."
Philosophy
"I am not afraid of your wrath, I am afraid of something else"
Fear
"I feel that I am capable of anything now"
Power
"A man may commit the most terrible act and preserve the soundness of his imagination"
"I cannot endure this silence any longer"
Truth
"Crime is not merely an act, it is a state of being"
Justice
"I wanted to overstep the line, and I could not resist"
Strength
"There is no escape from the conscience"
Truth
"Extraordinary people have the right to transgress"
Philosophy
"The greatest torment is uncertainty of purpose"
Fear
"I am not mad, yet I have done what a madman would do"
"I sought to create a new morality and became a slave to the old"
Philosophy
"Consciousness is both blessing and curse"
Philosophy
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Philosophy
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
"What is to be done?"
Motivation
"I wanted to murder the old woman, but I murdered myself."
Justice
"A man may commit a murder and yet not be a murderer."
Philosophy
"Conscience is a perfectly fashionable thing for us to have at present."
"I could murder someone for a thousand roubles and not feel guilty."
Power
"Despair itself may constitute a sort of rapture."
"I have only proved that I am a louse."
"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can wish it should become a universal law."
"The extraordinary man has the right to transgress."
Power
"I felt that I had broken something sacred and inviolable."
"The poor and weak do not even dare to dream of dreams."
"I am mad, but perhaps that is where the truth lies."