The Brothers Karamazov

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Quotes from The Brothers Karamazov

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"God exists, but I cannot accept His world."
Ivan Karamazov Faith
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"I want to forgive everyone and everything."
Dmitri Karamazov
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"The suffering of children is unjustifiable by any worldly harmony."
Ivan Karamazov Wisdom
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"Tears wash the soul clean."
Dmitri Karamazov Courage
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"Everything is lawful if nothing is forbidden by God."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"I love humanity, but I am amazed at myself: the more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular."
Ivan Karamazov Relationships
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"If man has no God, he must create meaning for himself."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"I believe in Russia, I love Russia."
Dmitri Karamazov Hope
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"Freedom means nothing if it does not mean freedom to make mistakes."
Ivan Karamazov Freedom
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"The suffering of a single tortured child outweighs all the future harmonies."
Ivan Karamazov Justice
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"If there is no God, then everything is permitted."
Ivan Karamazov Faith
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"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man."
Dmitri Karamazov Beauty
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"I could never understand how one can love one's neighbors."
Ivan Karamazov Love
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"The greatest tragedy is to live without love."
Dmitri Karamazov Love
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"The soul seeks not happiness, but truth and meaning."
Ivan Karamazov Wisdom
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"The future is uncertain, but the present is clear."
Ivan Karamazov Time
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"The moment of consciousness is worth a lifetime of unconsciousness."
Dmitri Karamazov Wisdom
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"I am a realist and cannot believe in the absurd."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy
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"Humans are made to be happy, not to be virtuous."
Ivan Karamazov Happiness
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"The heart of another is a dark forest."
Dmitri Karamazov Relationships
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"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth."
Ivan Karamazov Truth
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"I have a terrible hunger for life, and I go on living."
Dmitri Karamazov Life
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"To love all men is to love none."
Ivan Karamazov Relationships
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"One can love with all the wisdom of the soul and reason cannot shake it."
Dmitri Karamazov Love
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"I cannot accept a harmony that is based on the unjust suffering of innocent children."
Ivan Karamazov Justice
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"Where does evil come from? I don't know. I only know that it comes from freedom."
Ivan Karamazov Freedom
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"Gentlemen, I am tormented by my heart and have no way out of it."
Dmitri Karamazov
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"I love my country, but I love truth more than my country."
Ivan Karamazov Truth
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"Man can endure anything if he has something to live for."
Dmitri Karamazov Courage
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"I think if the devil doesn't exist and man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness."
Ivan Karamazov Philosophy