Raskolnikov

Character in Crime and Punishment From: Crime and Punishment

Protagonist; impoverished student and philosopher struggling with guilt

364 quotes

"The darkness within us is deeper than any darkness without."
"I have murdered not a man, but an idea."
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"
"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder"
Power
"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's"
Freedom
"Despair is the privilege of those who have lost everything"
Hope
"I feel that I am ready to accept any suffering"
"Crime is a kind of illness with me"
Justice
"I understand now that true power lies not in the ability to commit crimes, but in the capacity to forgive"
Strength
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."
Philosophy
"Man grows accustomed to everything, the scoundrel!"
"What is to be done now?"
Philosophy
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Relationships
"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder."
Power
"I have a conscience, and it torments me."
Justice
"Do you understand now that their chief concern is not to increase the amount of freedom, but to diminish it?"
Freedom
"There are three powers that rule the world: hunger, love, and fear."
Power
"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe my liver is diseased."
Philosophy
"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Philosophy
"Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him."
Life
"What is the good of talking about virtue? It is a fine thing, but it goes no further than that."
Truth
"I wanted to dare and I murdered. I only wanted to dare, Sonya."
Justice
"Power is given only to those who dare to stoop and take it."
Power
"I have made up my mind to say nothing more to you."
Solitude
"One moment of perfection is worth more than a lifetime of mediocrity."
Motivation
"I suddenly felt a wild surge of pity for her."
Kindness
"The mind of a superior being should be above morality."
Philosophy
"I will be punished, but not by the law."
Justice
"What am I compared to such a being as Sonya?"