Raskolnikov

Character in Crime and Punishment From: Crime and Punishment

Protagonist; impoverished student and philosopher struggling with guilt

364 quotes

"Crime is a kind of madness in superior natures"
Philosophy
"I understand now that for me to live I must believe in something"
Faith
"I want to love life even in my despair"
Life
"The torment of uncertainty is worse than the torment of knowledge"
Truth
"What is hell but the loss of human connection?"
Philosophy
"A man can become a tyrant when he ceases to doubt himself"
Power
"I have learned that love conquers all contradictions"
Love
"The poor suffer not from lack of money but lack of hope"
"I have seen into the abyss of human nature"
Philosophy
"The burden of secrets will destroy a man from within"
Truth
"I have learned that I am neither as great nor as insignificant as I believed"
Wisdom
"The greatest crime is to deny one's own humanity"
Philosophy
"I understand now that I must live for others, not for myself alone"
Change
"In the depths of despair, we discover our true nature"
Wisdom
"I am a sick man. I am a spiteful man."
Philosophy
"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him in his own image and likeness."
Philosophy
"I could never become anything but a dreamer."
Dreams
"What have I done? I have killed a louse, a useless, vile creature."
Justice
"Despair is the privilege of those who see everything clearly."
Wisdom
"I am tormented by the questions that I cannot answer."
Philosophy
"I want to know if I have the right to make a life-and-death decision."
Power
"The greatest suffering is loneliness."
Solitude
"The mind is our greatest curse and our greatest blessing."
Wisdom
"I believe in nothing, but I am afraid of everything."
Fear
"I have learned that pride destroys the soul."
Wisdom
"I am not afraid of punishment; I am afraid of my own thoughts."
"I cannot live without knowing why I live."
Philosophy
"The weak are crushed by the weight of existence."
Strength
"I seek not happiness, but meaning."
Life
"We are all prisoners of our own making."
Freedom