Crime and Punishment

"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder."

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."

"What is to be done now?"

"I could never believe that prayer is useless or that its object is mistaken."

"Man grows accustomed to everything, the scoundrel!"

"The soul is healed by making others happy."

"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man."

"The path to redemption is through suffering and confession"

"I understand now that true power lies not in the ability to commit crimes, but in the capacity to forgive"

"The highest kind of love manifests itself in sacrifice"

"Crime is a kind of illness with me"

"I feel that I am ready to accept any suffering"

"Despair is the privilege of those who have lost everything"

"What would become of us if everyone acted so?"

"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's"

"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I committed murder"

"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular"

"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man"

"The greatest crime is to deny our own humanity."

"I have murdered not a man, but an idea."

"Faith is the only anchor in a stormy sea."

"The darkness within us is deeper than any darkness without."

"We are all prisoners of our own making."

"Mercy is the only cure for despair."

"I seek not happiness, but meaning."

"Kindness is the highest form of wisdom."

"The weak are crushed by the weight of existence."

"I cannot live without knowing why I live."

"Redemption comes through acceptance of suffering."

"I am not afraid of punishment; I am afraid of my own thoughts."