The Brothers Karamazov

"God exists, but I cannot accept His world."

"I want to forgive everyone and everything."

"The suffering of children is unjustifiable by any worldly harmony."

"Tears wash the soul clean."

"Everything is lawful if nothing is forbidden by God."

"I love humanity, but I am amazed at myself: the more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."

"If man has no God, he must create meaning for himself."

"I believe in Russia, I love Russia."

"Freedom means nothing if it does not mean freedom to make mistakes."

"The suffering of a single tortured child outweighs all the future harmonies."

"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."

"I could never understand how one can love one's neighbors."

"The greatest tragedy is to live without love."

"The soul seeks not happiness, but truth and meaning."

"The future is uncertain, but the present is clear."

"The moment of consciousness is worth a lifetime of unconsciousness."

"I am a realist and cannot believe in the absurd."

"Humans are made to be happy, not to be virtuous."

"The heart of another is a dark forest."

"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth."

"I have a terrible hunger for life, and I go on living."

"To love all men is to love none."

"One can love with all the wisdom of the soul and reason cannot shake it."

"I cannot accept a harmony that is based on the unjust suffering of innocent children."

"Where does evil come from? I don't know. I only know that it comes from freedom."

"Gentlemen, I am tormented by my heart and have no way out of it."

"I love my country, but I love truth more than my country."

"Man can endure anything if he has something to live for."

"I think if the devil doesn't exist and man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."